Queen Elfleda Winchester YORK
- Born: Abt 903, , Wessex, England
- Married: 926
 Other names for Elfleda were YORK Queen, Aelflaeda and Nun.
Ancestral File Number: 9GB3-H9.
General Notes:
Queen of YORK.
BOOKS
Kings and Queens of Great Britain, Genealogical Chart, Anne Taute and Romilly Squire, Taute, 1990: "Edith Daughter of Edward King of England and Ecgwyn, Mar (2) Sihtric, Died a nun c927...Aelfaeda Daughter of Edward King of England and Aelflaed, Nun at Winchester..."
The Formation of England 550-1042, HPR Finberg, 1974, Paladin, p151: "Within six months of his consecration at Kingston Athelstan gave one of his sisters in marriage to Sihtric, the successor of Raegnald as king of York. But Sihtric died in 927, leaving by his first wife a son named Olaf, who claimed the kingdom as was supported by his uncle Gurthfrith, king of the Irish Norsemen. Athelstan replied by an invasion of Northumbria and succeeded in expelling his enemies..."
ANCESTRAL FILE
Ancestral File Ver 4.11 9GB3-H9 Born/?Died Abt 903 Son of Elfreda (AFN:9GB3-DR), Ver 4.10 Born Abt 903 Son of ?Edgiva (AFN:8HS0-6S).
Marriage Information:
Elfleda married King Sihtric Denmark YORK in 926. (King Sihtric Denmark YORK died in 927.)
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