Wulfhild

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Wulfhild

West Saxon princess . Name variations: Wulfhilda. Daughter of Elfgifu (c. 963–1002) and Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready (c. 968–1016), king of the English (r. 979–1013, deposed, 1014–1016); married Ulfcytel Snylling, ealdorman of East Anglia; married Thurchil, earl of East Anglia.

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