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Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents; [3] c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish, and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelred the Unready and the Danish king Cnut the Great.
King Æthelred the Unready married his second wife Emma of Normandy in 1002 and her elder son Edward the Confessor was born around 1004. Three charters between 1007 and 1011 are attested by Edward and his mother but not by Alfred, who first attests in 1013. This suggests that Alfred was probably several years younger than his brother. [2] [3]
Based largely on the careers of her sons, Ælfgifu's marriage has been dated approximately to the (mid-)980s. [8] Considering Thored's authority as earl of York and apparently, the tenure of that office without royal appointment, the union would have signified an important step for the West-Saxon royal family by which it secured a foothold in the north. [9]
Ælfthryth (c. 945 – 1000 or 1001, also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth) was Queen of the English from her marriage to King Edgar in 964 or 965 until Edgar's death in 975. . She was a leading figure in the regency during the minority of her son King Æthelred the Unready between 978 and
The second deals with his son, Cnut the Great, his reconquest of England, his marriage to Emma and his period of rule. The third book deals with events after Cnut's death: Emma's troubles during the reign of Harold Harefoot, and the accession of her sons, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor, to the throne.
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die ending explained. The movie continues The Last Kingdom story with more turmoil for Uhtred from the offset as King Edward dies and his widow Eadgifu and ...
She is first recorded as Æthelred's wife in a charter of 887, but the marriage probably took place in the early to mid 880s. [27] Æthelred was probably much older than his wife. [16] They had a daughter, Ælfwynn, and according to the twelfth century chronicler, William of Malmesbury, she was their only child. [28]
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