Ælfwynn, wife of Æthelstan Half-King
Member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire, spouse of Æthelstan Half-King, died 983 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ælfwynn or Ælfwyn (died 8 July 983) was a member of a wealthy Anglo-Saxon family in Huntingdonshire who married Æthelstan Half-King, the powerful ealdorman of East Anglia, in about 932. She is chiefly known for having been foster-mother to the future King Edgar the Peaceful following his mother's death in 944, when he was an infant. She had four sons, and the youngest, Æthelwine, became the chief secular magnate and leading supporter of the monastic reform movement. Ælfwynn donated her estates for his foundation of Ramsey Abbey in 966 and was probably buried there.
This article is about the wife of Æthelstan Half-King. For other uses, see Ælfwynn (disambiguation).