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Female Princess Elgifu De Wessex Of Saxon England Click to view Princess Elgifu De Wessex Of Saxon England in the family tree

Elgifu was born about 0997 in Wessex,England.1   Elgifu's father was King Aethelred II (The Unready) De Wessex Of Saxon England and her mother was Duchess Aelflede(Elfreda, Elgiva) De Northumberia.  Her paternal grandparents were King Edgar I (The Peaceful) De Wessex Of Saxon England and Elfrida Aelfthryth Of Mercia; her maternal grandparents were Ealdorman Thored Gunnersson Of Northumbria and Hilda. She had six brothers and four sisters, named Aethelstan, Ironside, Edred, Ecgbert, Edwy, Edgar, Aelgifu Elgiva, Edith, Wulfhilda and ?.  She was the third youngest of the eleven children. She had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Edric, The Confessor, Alfred Aldred and Godgifu.  She died in 1098.


Elgifu's family with Earl Alfgar III De Mercia

‌Elgifu and Alfgar III were married in a religious ceremony about 1056.  They had two sons and four daughters, named Edwin, Morcar, Leverunia, Lucia, Swan Neck and Agatha.

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