Elfrida Norton Elizabeth
Elfrida Norton Elizabeth Contrary to popular belief, Anglo-Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all. The couple made a love match,…
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Elfrida Norton Elizabeth
Contrary to popular belief, Anglo-Saxon England had queens, with the tenth-century Elfrida being the most powerful and notorious of them all. The couple made a love match, with claims that they plotted the death of her first husband to ensure that she was free. She was the first woman to be crowned Queen of England, sharing her husband King Edgar's imperial coronation at Bath in 973.
Elfrida was implicated in the murder of her stepson, King Edward the Martyr, who died on a visit to her at Corfe Castle. Edgar divorced his second wife, a former nun, after conducting an adulterous affair with Elfrida, leading to an enmity between the two women that lasted until their deaths.During her marriage Elfrida claimed to be the king's only legitimate wife, but she failed to secure the succession for her son, Ethelred. She then ruled England on behalf of her young son for six years before he
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