Ælfthryth of Devon
0945 - 1000
- Born 0945
- Died 1000
Details
- Queen
- Ælfthryth
- Lived 55 years
Consort: Sun, 1 July 0964 - Sat, 8 July 0975
Wife of Edgar the Peaceful
The first king's wife known to have been crowned and anointed as Queen of the Kingdom of England. She was possibly linked to the murder of her stepson King Edward the Martyr and appeared as a stereotypical bad queen and evil stepmother in many medieval histories.
