Ælfgifu of Wessex
- Born: Abt 968, Wessex, England
- Marriage (1): Ælfgar III of Mercia
- Marriage (2): Uchtred "the Bold" Earl of Northumberland 141,160,732
 Another name for Ælfgifu was Ecgthryth of Wessex.
General Notes:
~Weis' Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, 8th Edition, 34:20, Ælfgifu (Elgiva), married Uchtred, Earl of Northumberland, who was murdered in 1016, and was the son of Waltheof, Earl of Northumberland. 160
~The Baronetage of England: Containing A Genealogical and Historical Account of all the English Baronetts Now Existing, Vol. I, p. 114 732
Noted events in her life were:
• Background Information. 141
Gospatric, son and heir of Maldred, presumably the son of Crinan, lay abbot of Dunkeld, by Bethoc, daughter of Malcolm II of Scotland, and Ælfgifu, daughter of Ethelred II. This gave Gospatric the ancestry of the ancient Earls of Northumberland and the royal houses of England and Scotland.
~Cokayne's Complete Peerage, 2nd Edition, Vo. IX (Northumberland), p. 704
Ælfgifu married Ælfgar III of Mercia, son of Leofric "the Great" Earl of Mercia and Godgifu. (Ælfgar III of Mercia was born about 1002 in Mercia, England, died in 1059 in Mercia, England and was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.)
Ælfgifu next married Uchtred "the Bold" Earl of Northumberland, son of Waltheof Earl of Northumberland and Unknown 141,160.,732 (Uchtred "the Bold" Earl of Northumberland was born in 989 and died in 1016 in Wighall near York, England 160.)
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