Comments for ÆLFGIFU:

The name was also given as a royal title to Aethelred's second wife Emma of Normandy (who later married King Cnut) in honour of Aethelred's grandmother St Aelfgifu.

-- Elea  9/16/2006

Pronounced ALF-yi-voo.

-- Anonymous User  6/6/2007

Aelgifu, also known as, Ælfgifu, Alfgifu, Alfgitha or Elfgifu, was a daughter of Ælfhelm, Earl of York, who was murdered on the command of Ethelred the Unready, the King of England.

-- LMS  7/31/2007

In the seventh scene of The Bayeux Tapestry, a mysterious woman by this name appears to be being struck in the face by a clergyman. No one knows who this woman is or to what the scene refers.

-- Eli McNeil  8/17/2009

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