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Ælfgifu, of York

Female 970 - 1002  (32 years)


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  1. 1.  Ælfgifu, of York was born in 970 in Wessex, England (daughter of Thored, Earl of southern Northumbria); died in 1002.

    Family/Spouse: Crowned king of England through the murder of his brother Edward the Martyr Æthelred II, the Unready 'King of England'. Æthelred (son of Crowned King of England Edgar, the Peaceful or the Peaceable, King of England and Ælfthryth, Queen of England) was born on 19 Mar 968 in Wessex, England; died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Alfred, of England died in 1035.
    2. Edwy, of England died in 1017.
    3. Goda, of England
    4. Athelstan, of England was born in 0986; died in 1011.
    5. Edmund II, King of England was born about 988 in Wessex; died on 30 November 1016 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Thored, Earl of southern Northumbria was born in Scandinavia; died about 994 in old Kingdom of Northumbria.
    Children:
    1. 1. Ælfgifu, of York was born in 970 in Wessex, England; died in 1002.


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