 The sources do not record the date of Ælfgifu's marriage to Edmund.The eldest son Eadwig, who had barely reached majority on his accession in 955, may have been born around 940, which gives us only a very rough "terminus ante quem" for the betrothal.Although as the mother of two future kings, Ælfgifu proved to be an important royal bed companion, there is no strictly contemporary evidence that she was ever consecrated as queen.