brichgyfu

Updated: July 28, 2025

Now Æthelwold had previously had to wife one Brichgyfu, a kins-woman of Eadgar, and had had by her many sons and daughters, the last born of them was named Æthelflæd; according to other accounts, Æthelflæd was born after her father's death, and therefore must have been Ælfthryth's child. Be this as it may, she was in any case akin to the king or queen, and was by them entrusted to the care of St.

Rev. Thomas Perkins - Bell's Cathedrals: A Short Account of Romsey Abbey : A Description of the Fabric and Notes on the History of the Convent of SS. Mary & Ethelfleda