English Monarch. She was the Queen Consort of King Edmund the Magnificent. Also known as Elgifu, Aelfrith, or Elgiva, she married the king around 940 AD, and gave birth to two future kings, Edwig the Fair and Edgar the Peaceful. Little exists of her life, but she was known be pious and generous, and she was a great benefactress of Shaftesbury Abbey, where her mother, Winflaeda, had been a lay sister. It is unknown what ailment she suffered, but Aelfgith died before the king, around age 22. Over the years many claimed to have been healed at her graveside, and she has been revered as a saint.
English Monarch. She was the Queen Consort of King Edmund the Magnificent. Also known as Elgifu, Aelfrith, or Elgiva, she married the king around 940 AD, and gave birth to two future kings, Edwig the Fair and Edgar the Peaceful. Little exists of her life, but she was known be pious and generous, and she was a great benefactress of Shaftesbury Abbey, where her mother, Winflaeda, had been a lay sister. It is unknown what ailment she suffered, but Aelfgith died before the king, around age 22. Over the years many claimed to have been healed at her graveside, and she has been revered as a saint.
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