 1080s), merely describes her as being “of very noble English stock” ("ex nobilioribus Anglis"), without naming her, while in the early 12th century, William of Malmesbury has nothing to report.All primary evidence comes from two Anglo-Norman historians.John of Worcester, also writing in the early 12th century, states that Æthelred's first wife was Ælfgifu, daughter of the nobleman Æthelberht ("comes Agelberhtus") and the mother of Edmund, Æthelstan, Eadwig and Eadgyth.