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Aelfgifu Saxe-Wessex

Aelfgifu was born in 0995 in Wessex, England.¹ Aelfgifu's father was King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II and her mother was Eadgyth. Her paternal grandparents were Edgar (The Peaceful) of England and Aelfrthryth of Devon; her maternal grandparents were Wulfrun and <Unknown>. She had two half-brothers and a half-sister, named Eldred, Ironside and Goda.

General Notes
- Parents Ethelred II (The Unready) and Elfreda Gunnarsson?
  http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I47528&style=TABLE

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- King Edmund (The Magnificent) of England I
  - b.~  0922 in Wessex, England d.26 May 0946 in England
  
  Edgar (The Peaceful) of England
  - b.0944 d.08 Jul 0975 in Winchester, England
  
  Queen Elgiva of England
  - b.~  0922 in Wessex, England d.0944
  
  King Ethelred (The Unready) of England II
  - b.0968 d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
  
  Leofric II ^*
  
  Ordgar
  - b.0910 in Devron
  
  Edulph of Wessex
  - b.0921 in Mercia, England
  
  Wulfrith (Redburch)
  - b.0923
  
  Aelfrthryth of Devon
  - b.0947 d.1000
  
  King of Wessex Ceowulf
  - b.0854 in Mercia, England d.0883 in Mercia, England
  
  Duke of Mercia Aethelred of Ealdorman II
  - b.0870 in Mercia, England d.0912
  
  Elfwina of Mercia
  - b.0905 in Mercia, England
  
  Alfred (The Great) England ^*
  - b.0848 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.26 Oct 0899 in Winchester, Hampshire, England
  
  Queen of Mercia Aethelflaeda of Mercia
  - b.0869 in Mercia, England d.12 Jun 0919 in St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England
  
  Ealhswith of the Gaini ^*
  - b.0852 in Mercia, England d.05 Dec 0905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset
  
  Aelfgifu Saxe-Wessex
  - b.0995 in Wessex, England
  
  Wulfrun
  - b. in Tamworth d.0943
  
  Wulfrun
  - b.0930 d.1002
  
  Eadgyth
  - b.0965 in Mercia
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Personal Timeline

Aelfgifu's first family with Earl of Northumbria Uchtred (The Bold)

Aelfgifu and The Bold were married about 0991 in England.² They had two sons and a daughter, named Aeldred, Ealdulf and Ealdgyth.

Children
- Lord of Bamburgh Aeldred
  Aeldred was born about 0994 in Bernica, Northumberland, England.² He died in 1038.²
  Ealdgyth Morcarson
  Ealdgyth was born in 0995 in Northumberland, England.³
  - Birth Notes
    
    B: Abt. 1015
  High Reeve de Bamburgh Ealdulf

Aelfgifu's second family with Earl of Mercia, Earl of East Anglia Aelfgar (The Saxon) of Mercia III

They had three sons and two daughters, named Aedwine, Morcar, Burgheard, Swan Neck and Lucy.

Children
- King of the East Saxons Aedwine
  Aedwine was born in 1020 in Tegaingl, Flintshire, Wales.¹ He died at the age of 53 in 1073 in Northrop.¹
  
  Aeldgyth (Swan Neck) of Mercia
  Aeldgyth, known as Swan Neck, was born about 1025 in Wessex, England.⁴ She died in 1086.¹
  
  Lucy Beatrice of Mercia
  Lucy was born in 1040 in Mercia, England.⁵ She died in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England.⁶
  
  Morcar
  
  Burgheard

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=tjglad&id=I64887&style=TABLE
² http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=schluck&id=I2630&style=TABLE
³ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:2148518&id=I109871620
⁴ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=andwai&id=I21728&style=TABLE
⁵ http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I67254&style=TABLE
⁶ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I011040&style=TABLE