of England Ælfthryth

Abt 945 - 1002  (57 years)

• Name	Ælfthryth
  Title	of England
  Birth	Abt 945	Lydford, Devon, England
  Gender	Female
  %C3%86LFTHRYTH+AND+KING+EDGAR+HAD+2+CHILDREN%3A	Edmund and Æthelred
  %C3%86LFTHRYTH+NOT+THE+SAME+AS+%C3%86THELFL%C3%86D	Æthelflæd was the 1st wife of Edgar the Peaceful and daughter of Ordmaer, Ealdorman of the East Anglians; Ælfthryth was the 3rd wife of Edgar the Peaceful, the widow of Æthelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia, and the daughter of Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon
  Title of Nobility	From 964 to 975
  	Queen consort of England
  Title of Nobility	From About 0964 to 8 July 0975	England, United Kingdom
  	Queen consort of England
  VERY+EARLY+ADVOCATE+FOR+WOMEN%27S+RIGHTS	From 973 to 975	England
  	Before the death of King Edgar, Ælfthryth acted as forespeca (advocate) in at least 7 legal cases, primarily benefiting female litigants.
  ANOINTED+QUEEN+OF+ENGLAND	11 May 973	Bath, Somerset, England
  HUSBAND+KING+EDGAR+DIED%2C+QUEEN+DOWAGER+%C3%86LFTHRYTH+RETIRED+TO+CORFE	8 Jul 975	Winchester, Hampshire, England
  REGENT+QUEEN+OF+ENGLAND	From 978 to 984	Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
  	Due to Æthelred's youth, Ælfthryth served as regent for her son until his coming of age in 984.
  Title of Nobility	From 978 to 984
  	Regent Queen of England
  ACCUSED+OF+MURDERING+HER+STEP-SON%2C+KING+EDWARD	18 Mar 978	Corfe Castle, Dorset, England
  _FSFTID	9W89-MK6
  Death	17 Nov 1002	Wherwell, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
  Burial	Aft 17 Nov 1002	Wilton, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
  Person ID	I38711	My Genealogy | Gent Tree received from familysearch
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

  Father	Ealdorman of Devon Ordgar,   b. Abt 925, Lydford, Devon, England d. Abt 971, Tavistock, Devon, England (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Wulfthryth of Devon,   b. 927, Devonport, Devon, England, United Kingdom d. 971, Devon, England (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	941	Devon, Devonshire, England
  Family ID	F17099	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	of England Edgar "the Peaceful",   b. 7 Aug 943, Kent, Kent, England d. 8 Jul 975, Glastonbury, Somerset, England (Age 31 years)
  Marriage	964	England
  Children	1. of Wessex Edmund Æthling,   b. 966, Wessex d. 971, Wessex (Age 5 years)   2. King of the English Æthelred 'the Unready' of Wessex,   b. 19 Mar 968, England d. 23 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F15881	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Oct 2023

  
  

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  HUSBAND+KING+EDGAR+DIED%2C+QUEEN+DOWAGER+%C3%86LFTHRYTH+RETIRED+TO+CORFE - 8 Jul 975 - Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth