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Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury -

Female - 944


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  1. 1.  Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury - (daughter of Wynflæd -); died in 944.

    Notes:

    Biography:
    Ælfgifu seems to have been unspectacular in life. Like her mother she was associated with nunnery at Shartesbury Abbey. She was not likely ever elevated to the level of queen even though two of her sons went on to be king. Her title was king's concubine (concubine regis). She at or shortly after the time of Edgar's birth.
    However, shortly after her death she was made a saint. Many people were cured of their afflictions at her tomb and her powers became famous. Someone in the 970s wrote of a blind man who had traveled to Shaftesbury because “the venerable St Ælfgifu […] at whose tomb many bodies of sick person receive medication through the omnipotence of God”. Her grandson, King and Saint Edward the Martyr who was also buried there did not have nearly as strong a following. In the 12th century William of Malmesbury wrote (in Latin):
    For some years she suffered from illness

    In his clemency with countless miracles.
    If a blind man or a deaf worship at her tomb,
    They are restored to health and prove the saint's merits.
    He who went there lame comes home firm of step,
    The madman returns sane, rich in good sense.

    Ælfgifu married Edmund I the Magnificent -, King of the English in 940. Edmund (son of Edward I the Elder -, King of the English and Eadgifu of Kent -, Queen Consort of England) was born in 921 in Wessex, England; died on 26 May 946 in Pucklechurch, Wessex; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Eadwig -, King of the English was born about 941 in Wessex, England; died on 1 Oct 959 in Gloucester, England.
    2. Edgar the Peaciful -, King of the English was born in 944 in Wessex, England; died on 8 Jul 975 in Winchester, Wessex, England; was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Glastonbury.

Generation: 2

  1. 3.  Wynflæd -

    Notes:

    Biography:
    She was the mother of Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury. All we know of her was that she was associated with Shaftesbury Abbey like her daughter.

    Children:
    1. 1. Saint Ælfgifu of Shaftesbury - died in 944.