Ælfgifu 3 (Female) Queen and wife of King Edmund 14; mother of King Edgar 11, d. 944
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Notes: BDDAB, p. 7.

Factoid List

Recorded Name (3)
Elfgyuu (1)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6
Ælfgifu (1)
 S514   
Ælfgyfu (1)
 RestingPlaces  II.36
Personal Information (2)
saintly status (2)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6 (Afterwards [sc. after the death of Ælfgifu 3] she was held to be a saint.)
 RestingPlaces  II.36 (saint)
Office (3)
Queen (3)
 Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6
 Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
 Anon.LiberEliensis  I.50
Personal Relationship (9)
Ælfgifu 3 Concubine (General relationship) of ~ (1)
 of Edmund 14: S514   
Ælfgifu 3 Mother (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (3)
 of Edgar 11: Lantfred.TransMiracSwithuni  36
 of Edgar 11: Wulfstan.NarrMetrSwithuno  ii.19, p. 544
 of Edgar 11: S783   
~ Son (Consanguineal kinship) of Ælfgifu 3 (3)
 Edgar 11: of Ælfgifu 3: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
 Eadwig 4: of Ælfgifu 3: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
 Eadwig 4: of Ælfgifu 3: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.50
Ælfgifu 3 Wife (Affinal kinship) of ~ (2)
 of Edmund 14: Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6
 of Edmund 14: Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
Event (7)
Birth (1)
 Edgar 11.birth: When Ælfgifu 3 had given birth to Edgar 11, Dunstan 1 heard voices of heavenly beings singing psalms and saying, 'Peace of the English in the time of the boy now born and of our Dunstan 1.': Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
Burial (2)
 Ælfgifu 3-Edward 12.burial: St Edward 12, king, and St Ælfgifu 3 rest at Shaftesbury.: RestingPlaces  II.36
 Ælfgifu 3.founding nunnery: Ælfgifu 3, wife of the Edmund 14 who was great-grandson of Alfred 8, founded a nunnery [in Shaftsbury], and here her bodily remains lay after her death. She was a woman ever devoted to good works, pious and sweet-natured. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.86.1-2
Charter-witnessing (2)
 S514 - Edmund 14 granting land to Burgric 1: King Edmund 14 to Burgric 1, bishop (of Rochester); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at West Malling, Kent: S514    (942 x 946)
 S850 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær): S850    (984)
Church/monastery/minster foundation/dedication/restoration (1)
 Ælfgifu 3.founding nunnery: Ælfgifu 3, wife of the Edmund 14 who was great-grandson of Alfred 8, founded a nunnery [in Shaftsbury], and here her bodily remains lay after her death. She was a woman ever devoted to good works, pious and sweet-natured. : WilliamofMalmesbury.GestaPontificumAnglorum  ii.86.1-2
Death/dying (1)
 Ælfgifu 3.death: Ælfgifu 3 passed away.: Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6 (946)
Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)
 Edgar 11.birth: When Ælfgifu 3 had given birth to Edgar 11, Dunstan 1 heard voices of heavenly beings singing psalms and saying, 'Peace of the English in the time of the boy now born and of our Dunstan 1.': Anon.LiberEliensis  I.42
Grant and Gift (2)
 S514 - Edmund 14 granting land to Burgric 1: King Edmund 14 to Burgric 1, bishop (of Rochester); grant of 3 sulungs (aratra) at West Malling, Kent: S514    (942 x 946)
 S850 - Æthelred 32 confirming land of Shaftesbury 1: King Æthelred 32 to Shaftesbury 1 Abbey; confirmation of 20 hides (mansae) at Tisbury, Wilts., and woodland at Sfgcnyllebar (? Sedgehill bær): S850    (984)
Miracle (1)
 Ælfgifu 3.miracles at tomb in Shaftesbury: Innumerable miracles took place at the tomb of Ælfgifu 3 in the monastery at Shaftesbury up to the present day [i.e., the time of writing].: Æthelweard.Chron  iv.6