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Æthelgifu (Old English pronunciation: [ˈæðeljivu], fl. 870s to 890s) was a daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. She was the third surviving child of the marriage between Alfred and Ealhswith in 868.
15 de may. de 2023 · Little is known about Æthelgifu, the third daughter of Alfred the Great, except that she became the first abbess of a new house founded at Shaftesbury in around 893, which was destined to remain...
Daughter of King Alfred the Great / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Æthelgifu ( Old English pronunciation: [ ˈæðeljivu], fl. 870s to 890s) was a daughter of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex. She was the third surviving child of the marriage between Alfred and Ealhswith in 868.
26 de abr. de 2022 · Æthelgifu was the daughter of King Alfred the Great, an Anglo-Saxon king of the 9th century. She was the third of Alfred and his wife Ealhswith's five children and the second eldest daughter. She was likely born sometime in the 870s.
29 de nov. de 2021 · Æthelgifu and Ælfgifu: A Mother and Daughter Embroiled in a Medieval Sex Scandal. The Life of Saint Dunstan, written in around 1000, describes a scandalous incident that took place at the coronation of King Eadwig in 956. According to the anonymous author of this saint’s life, the teenage Eadwig suddenly rushed out of his ...
20 de dic. de 2021 · Æthelgifu, devoted to God through her holy virginity, subject and consecrated to the rules of monastic life, entered the service of God. 2. Alfred’s will, which survives, leaves two estates to his ‘middle daughter’, who we can assume is Æthelgifu even though she is not named.
4 de may. de 2015 · Alfred the Great and his daughter Æthelgifu founded the Abbey in 888 (eight years after founding the town of Shaftesbury as a burgh), which boosted the town's growth. The relics of St Edward the Martyr were translated from Wareham and received at the abbey with great ceremony.
