St. Aelfgith "the Younger" ¹⁶⁷⁵

  General Notes:

St. Aelfgith was the first wife of King Edmund the Magnificent of England. The two were married in around AD 940 and Aelfgith soon became the mother of the future Kings Edwig All-Fair and St. Edgar the Peacemaker . Little is known of her life, but William of Malmesbury tells us how she redeemed condemned men, gave away precious garments to the poor and stoically endured prolonged physical suffering. She is also known to have taken a great interest in Shaftesbury Abbey, where her mother, Winflaeda had been a lay sister. King Edmund is known to have swapped land at Butticanley with some at Tisbury, so that his wife could leave it to the Abbey. What malady afflicted her is unknown, but she died before her husband, on 18th May AD 944 and was buried at Shaftesbury. Soon afterward, a number of invalids were healed at her graveside and she quickly became revered as a saint with a popular cult. She should not be confused with her husband's aunt, St. Aelfgith the Elder. ¹⁶⁸⁶

Aelfgith married Edmund I "the Magnificent" King of England, son of Edward "the Elder" King of England and Unknown, about 940. (Edmund I "the Magnificent" King of England was born in 923 ¹⁶⁷⁵ and died on 26 May 946 ¹⁶⁷⁵.)