Ealfthryth of Devonshire Queen of England

945 - 1002  (57 years)

• Name	Ealfthryth of Devonshire Queen of England  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	945	Lydford Castle, Devon, Devonshire, England
  Gender	Female
  Burial	Died a nun
  Occupation	First consort to be crowned Queen of England
  Occupation	964
  	Granted in Berkshire by her husband, King Edgar, 10 hides (mansae) at Aston Upthorpe
  Occupation	Between 968-971
  	Appeared in the will of Ælfheah, ealdorman, which read, in part, "... land at Scyræburnan to Queen Ælfthryth"
  Occupation	995
  	Appears in a writ as "Ælfthryth (the king's mother) giving testimony concerning an estate at Ruishton, Somerset"
  Occupation	1000
  	Appeared in the will of Ælfflæd "... [land] at Woodham, Essex, to Ælfthryth, the king's mother, for life, with reversion to St Mary's, Barking"
  Died	12 Nov 1002	Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England
  Buried	Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I4065	Godbout
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Ordgar of Devon,   b. Abt 920
  Family ID	F4648	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Æthelwold of the East Angles,   b. Abt 940,   d. Bef 964  (Age ~ 23 years)
  Married	Bef 964
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F4649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Edgar King of England,   b. 943, Wessex, England ,   d. 8 Jul 975, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 32 years)
  Married	965	Wessex, England
  Children	1. Æthelred II King of England,   b. 968, Wessex, England ,   d. 22 Apr 1016, London, Middlesex, England  (Age 48 years)
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017
  Family ID	F2058	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S629] Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten, Neue Folge, Herausgegeben Von Detlev Schwennicke, (Verlag Von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Deutschland, éditions 1978 à 1993), Volume 2, p. 78. [S577] Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, Peter Townend and Hugh Massingberd, (One Hundred and Fifth Edition, Burke's Peerage Limited, London, 1970), xlix. [S633] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Frederick Lewis Weis. Edited with additions and corrections by Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr.; assisted by David Faris, (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 7th Edition, Baltimore, Maryland, 1992), 2:1-18.