Elfgifu (c. 997–?)

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Elfgifu (c. 997–?)

West Saxon princess and countess of Northumberland. Born around 997; daughter of Elfgifu (c. 963–1002) and Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready (c. 968–1016), king of the English (r. 979–1013, deposed, 1014–1016); married Uchtred, earl of Northumberland (r. around 965–1018); children: Edith (fl. 1040, who married the brother of Duncan I, king of Scotland).