Ælfgifu of Northampton was the first wife of King Cnut of England and Denmark and mother to a King of England from 1035 to 1040 known as Harefoot; what did the name signify?
Ælfgifu of Northampton Ælfgifu of Northampton ( 990 – after 1036) was the first wife of King Cnut of England and Denmark, and mother of King Harold I of England (1035–40). She was Queen regent of Norway from 1030 to 1035.
Encomium Emmae Reginae Encomium Emmae Reginae or Gesta Cnutonis Regis is an 11th-century Latin encomium in honour of Queen Emma of Normandy, consort of Kings Æthelred the Unready and Cnut the Great of England, and mother of kings Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor. It was written in 1041 or 1042, probably by a monk of Saint-Omer.