What is Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar?
{{Infobox royalty |type = majesty |consort = yes |name = Ælfthryth |succession = [[List of English consorts|Queen consort of England]] |birth_date = {{circa|945}} |death_date = 1000 or 1001 |reign = 964/965 - 8 July 975 |predecessor = [[Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig|Ælfgifu]] |successor = [[Ælfgifu of York]] |coronation = 11 May 973 |spouse = [[Edgar the Peaceful|Edgar, King of England]] |father = [[Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon]] |issue = Edmund of England<br>[[Æthelred the Unready|Æthelred, King of England]] }} '''Ælfthryth''' ({{circa|945}} - 1000 or 1001, 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 [[coronation|crowned]] and [[Anointing|anointed]] as Queen of the [[Kingdom of England]]. Mother of King [[Æthelred 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 [[:en:wikt:stereotypical|stereotypical]] bad queen and evil stepmother in many medieval histories. ==Early life== Ælfthryth was the daughter of [[Ealdorman]] [[Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon|Ordgar]]. Her mother was a member of the royal family of [[Wessex]]. {{s-start}} {{succession box | before = [[Ælfgifu, wife of Eadwig]]| title = [[List of English consorts|Queen Consort of England]] | years = 965–975| after = [[Ælfgifu of York]]}} {{s-end}} {{English consort}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aelfthryth, Wife of Edgar}} [[Category:940s births]] [[Category:1000s deaths]] [[Category:Kings and Queens consort of England]] {{bio-stub}}