Ældgyth

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Ældgyth

Also Known As: "Aldgitha"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bernicia, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
Death: 1086 (50-51)
Carlisle, Cumbria, England (United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Ealdred, Earl of Northumbria & Bernicia and NN
Wife of Ligulf Kilvertsson
Mother of Uchthred and Morkar
Sister of Ælflæd; Ælflæd and Etheldritha

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About Ældgyth

Sir William Dugdale, and other of our antiquarie2 have observed, that this family is denominated from Lumley castle, situate on the bank of the river Weare (near Chester-on-the- Street) in the bisboprick of Durham, and is descended from Liulph (a nobleman of great figure in the time of King Edward the Confessor) who married Algitha, daughter to Aldred, Earl of Northumberland, son of Uctred, Earl of Northumberland, by Elgyne, youngest daughter of King Etheldred.

Ligulf,

Family: Spouse: of Bernicia, Ealdgyth Parents: Father: Earl of Bernicia, EAldred of Bernicia

Children: de Lumley, Osbert de Aldithley, Adam


Simeon of Durham's Account of the Siege of Durham records that Earl Aldred was the father of five daughters, three of whom bore the same name Ælfleda, the fourth…Aldgitha and the fifth Etheldritha [446]. https://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.h...

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Ældgyth's Timeline

1035
1035
Bernicia, Northumberland, England (United Kingdom)
1065
1065
Lumely, Northumberlandshire, United Kingdom
1086
1086
Age 51
Carlisle, Cumbria, England (United Kingdom)
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