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1 de mar. de 2011 · Download Citation | The Will of Aethelgifu, A Tenth-Century Anglo-Saxon Manuscript: translated and examined by Dorothy Whitelock, with a note on the document by Neil Ker and analyses of the ...
Æthelgifu was a noble; she was a Mercian noblewomen and later married the ealdorman of Bebbenburg. Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. Æthelgifu of Bebbenburg was a character in The Saxon Stories novel series. She was a Mercian noblewoman and the birth mother of Uhtred.
8 de mar. de 2022 · We’ve explored the lives and legacies of important English saints like Æthelthryth and Hild, and the not-so-important saints like Æthelgifu. We’ve uncovered the possible truths behind legendary women like Lady Godiva and Bega, and the possible lies behind the tales of scandalous queens like Eadburh and Ælfgifu.
RMKFTCCW – The feud between Eadwig and Dunstan which began on the day of Eadwig's coronation banquet when he failed to attend a meeting of nobles. When Dunstan eventually found the young monarch, he was cavorting with a noblewoman named Æthelgifu and refused to return with the bishop. Eadwig, also spelled Edwy, c. 940 - 959, aka All-Fair.
Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (died 944) was the first wife of King Edmund I (r. 939–946). She was Queen of the English from her marriage in around 939 until her death in 944. Ælfgifu and Edmund were the parents of two future English kings, Eadwig (r. 955–959) and Edgar (r. 959–975). Like her mother Wynflaed, Ælfgifu had a close and special if unknown connection with the royal nunnery of ...
When the Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Wynflæd, wrote her will in the 10th century, she included instructions regarding the fate of her slaves. The will specified that, 'at Faccombe, Eadhelm and Man and Johanna and Sprow and his wife … and Gersand and Snel are to be freed'. However, Wynflæd did not free two of her seamstresses, Eadgifu (Edgyfu ...
24 de jul. de 2022 · Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury (d. 944) was the first wife of King Edmund (I) of England (r. 939-946), by whom she bore two future kings, Eadwig (r. 955-959) and Edgar (r. 959-975). Like her mother Wynflæd, she had a close and special if unknown connection with the royal nunnery of Shaftesbury (Dorset), founded by King ...
