Queen Elfthryth ENGLAND

   Other names for Elfthryth were Aelfthryth, Elfrida, Aelfrida and ENGLAND Queen.

   Ancestral File Number: GS4H-QD. User ID: 2420447345.

   General Notes:

Queen of ENGLAND.

BOOKS
Barber Grandparents: 125 Kings, 143 Generations, Ted Butler Bernard and Gertrude Barber Bernard, 1978, McKinney TX, p84: "352U Edgar `The Peaceful', King of England, (S of 338, F of 364); married Elfrida."

Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Edgar The Peaceful King of England 959-975, Mar =2 (2) Aelfthryth (Elfrida) Died Abt 1000 Daughter of Ordgar Ealdorman of Devon."

The Oxford Book of Royal Anecdotes, Elizabeth Longford, 1991, Oxford Univ Press, pxviii: "Saxons and Danes Genealogy: Edgar mar (2) Aelfthryth."

The Wall Chart of World History, Edward Hull, 1988, Studio Editions, England 959: "Edgar the Peaceable, brother of Edwy, wife was Elfrida, King of England 959-975..."

New Columbia Encyclopedia, 1975, p836, Edward the Martyr: "[Edward the Martyr] was murdered at Corfe by retainers in the service of his stepmother, Queen Aelfthryth or Aelfrida and her son Aethelred. There is no proof that Aelfthryth or Aethelred planned his death, as later tradition said..."

ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.11 GS4H-QD Born Abt 947 Of Devonshire England Died 1000.

   Marriage Information:

Elfthryth married King Edgar ENGLAND, son of King Edmund ENGLAND, I and Queen Elgiva ENGLAND, in 964-965 in , Wessex, England. (King Edgar ENGLAND was born about 943 in , Wessex, England and died on 8 Jul 975 in , Wessex, England.)