Saint Aelfgifu Shaftesbury

Abt 912 - 944  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Aelfgifu Shaftesbury
  Prefix	Saint
  Born	Abt 912	Shatesbury, Wessex, England
  Gender	Female
  Died	944	England
  Person ID	I4609	avefamily
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2018

  
  

  Family	Edmund Wessex, the Elder,   b. 920, Wessex, Kent, England ,   d. 26 May 946, Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset, England  (Age 26 years)
  Children	+ 1. Edgar Wessex, the Peaceable,   b. 7 Aug 943, Wessex, England ,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, England  (Age 31 years)
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2018
  Family ID	F1457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 944 - England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Early Life Mother: Wynflæd (d. c.950) Family Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury, also known as Saint Elgiva, married m. Edmund I and bore him two sons, both future kings.[1] [2] Issue: Eadwig (r. 955–959) Edgar (r. 959–975) Religion Ælfgifu was venerated as a saint soon after she was buried at the royal nunnery of Shaftesbury, a house connected with her mother, a ?religious woman? or vowess[3][4]Æthelweard reports that many miracles had taken place at her tomb up to his day.[5] Her feast day is May 18. Sources ? Wikipedia: Edmund I ? "St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online." St. Elgiva of Shaftesbury - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online. Catholic Online, n.d. Web. 03 Oct. 2015. <http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=3090>. ? AS chart., S 485. ? Oxford DNB. ? Catholic Online footnoted to Æthelweard, Chronicon, book IV, chapter 6