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  Aelgifu of Northampton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu or Aelfgitha) was the wife of Canute the Great in the 11th century.
AElgifu, a popular female name among the Anglo-Saxons, was also the name of the wife of King Edgar the Peaceable and the wife of King Ethelred.
Confusingly, Emma of Normandy was also sometimes known as Aelfgifu or Aelgiva.
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Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu) was the wife of Ethelred the Unready of England in the 10th century and 11th centuries.
Little is known about her except her marriage to Ethelred.
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 Godwin, Earl of Wessex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His kingdoms were divided among three rival rulers.
Harold Harefoot, Cantute's illegitimate son by Aelgifu of Northampton, seized the throne of England.
Harthacanute, Canute's legitimate son by Emma of Normandy, reigned in Denmark.
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 Aelgifu of Northampton: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com
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Children of Ælgifu of Northampton and Knut "den Stor" Sveinsson, King of England and Denmark:
He was the son of Knut "den Stor" Sveinsson, King of England and Denmark and Ælgifu of Northampton.
He assumed regency at the death of Canute in the stead of his half-brother, Hardicanute, who was then King of Denmark and the legitimate heir to the throne of England on 12 November 1035 in Oxford, England.
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After Canute's death, Godwin and King Canute's widow, Queen Emma (of
), supported the claims of the throne of her son by Canute, Harthacanute, against those of Harold Harefoot, Canute's son by AElgifu of Northampton.
Godwin apparently permitted the murder of another claimant to the throne, Alfred AEtheling, son of Queen Emma by her first husband, AEthelred II, and brother of Edward (later Edward the Confessor).
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