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Bibliography
  1. Barlow, Lundie W, The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex, NEHGR v111 (Jan 1957) pp30-38. Available at http://americanancestors.org/databases/new-england-historical-and-genealogical-register/image Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Barlow Godwine p[0-9]*].
  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
parents:
[Ref: Barlow Godwine p35]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: ES II #78, Weir RoyalFam p18]
abt Sep 959 [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p7],
place:
[Ref: Weir RoyalFam p18]
Sources with Information about marriage to Edwy King Of England
divorced:
[Ref: ES II #78]
958 [Ref: HenryII edmun001 6/20/2010]
grounds of consanguinity [Ref: Barlow Godwine p35, Paget HRHCharles p7],
names:
[Ref: Barlow Godwine p35, Burke Peerage ccli, ES II #78, HenryII edmun001 6/20/2010, Paget HRHCharles p7]
Research Notes:
had grants of two estates from King Edgar in 966, and in both instances was called his kinswoman [Ref: Barlow Godwine p35]

may have been the young wife divorced from King Eadwig in 958 by the Archbishop Oda because of too close kinship [Ref: Barlow Godwine p35]

held Risborough, which had been confirmed to her grandfather Aethelfrith in 903 and was held in the time of King Edward by Earl Harold, and Wing in Buckinghamshire, likewise a later possession of Harold's. Hwaetaedune, may have been identical to Hwituntune confirmed to her father Eadric in 925. [Ref: Barlow Godwine p35]

will 966-975, gave Berkhamstead in Hertfordshie to Aelfweard, Aethelweard, and Aelfwaru in common for their lives, with reversion to the Old Minister at Winchester [Ref: Barlow Godwine p35]



Pedigree of Aelgifu
                                                                /-----Eafa
                                                       /-----Eahlmund King of Kent
                                              /-----Egbert The Great King Of England
                                             |        |         /-----Ethelbert II King Of Kent
                                             |         \-----(Unk Dau)
                                     /-----Ethelwolf King Of England
                                    |         \-----Raedburh
                            /-----Ethelred I King Of England
                           |        |         /-----Oslac Great Butler Of England
                           |         \-----Osburh
                   /-----Aethelhelm Ealdorman Of Wiltshire
                  |        |         /-----(Unk)
                  |         \-----Wulfrida
          /-----Aethelfrith Ealdorman
         |        |         /-----Aethelwulf Ealdorman
         |         \-----Aethelgyth
 /-----Eadric Ealdorman
Aelgifu
 \-----Aethelgifu



Descendants of Aelgifu
1. Aelgifu m. Edwy King Of England
m. Edwy King Of England father: Edmund The Magnificent King Of England mother: Saint Alfgifu