Ælfthryth (wife of Edgar)
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Ælfthryth (wife of Edgar)
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Ælfthryth was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975. She was a leading figure in the regency during the minority of her son King Æthelred the Unready between 978 and 984. Ælfthryth was the first wife of an English king known to have been crowned and anointed as queen. She had two sons with Edgar, the ætheling Edmund and King Æthelred the Unready. Ælfthryth was a powerful political figure and possibly orchestrated the murder of her stepson,
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Queen of England from 964/965 to 975
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%86lfthryth_(wife_of_Edgar)
date created:
2004-02-14T19:50:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T10:45:12Z
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