Christian feast day: Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury

Queen of the English from 939 to 944

Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury was the first wife of King Edmund I. 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 and Edgar. Like her mother Wynflaed, Ælfgifu had a close and…