Ælfgifu 3
(Female)
Queen and wife of King Edmund 14; mother of King Edgar 11, d. 944
m x
Notes: BDDAB, p. 7.
Factoid List
- Recorded Name (3)
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Elfgyuu (1)
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Æthelweard.Chron iv.6
Ælfgifu (1)
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S514
Ælfgyfu (1)
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RestingPlaces II.36
- Personal Information (2)
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saintly status (2)
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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)
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Queen (3)
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Æthelweard.Chron iv.6
Anon.LiberEliensis I.42
Anon.LiberEliensis I.50
- Personal Relationship (9)
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Ælfgifu 3 Concubine (General relationship) of ~ (1)
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of Edmund 14: S514
Ælfgifu 3 Mother (Consanguineal kinship) of ~ (3)
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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)
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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)
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of Edmund 14: Æthelweard.Chron iv.6
of Edmund 14: Anon.LiberEliensis I.42
- Event (7)
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Birth (1)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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Ælfgifu 3.death: Ælfgifu 3 passed away.: Æthelweard.Chron iv.6 (946)
Dreaming/seeing vision/revelation (1)
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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)
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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)
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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