Ælfthryth (Alstrita, Elstrudis) 
Ælfthryth was born about 0945. Ælfthryth's father was Ealdorman Ordgar of Devon. She was an only child. She died about November 17th, 1002.General Notes
Ælfthryth (c. 945-1000, also Alfrida, Elfrida or Elfthryth) was the second or third wife of King Edgar of England. Ælfthryth was the first king's wife known to have been crowned and anointed as Queen of the Kingdom of England. Mother of King Ethelred the Unready, she was a powerful political figure. She was 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.
She was a nun circa 986 at Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire, England.
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