First Crowned Queen Consort of England…and Murderer? | Queen Aelfthryth of Devon

[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y809U8sh97E&ab_channel=History%27sForgottenPeople[/embed] Queen Aelfthryth (also known as Elfrida) is remembered mostly for two things: being the first crowned queen consort in England (and the only Anglo-Saxon one), and for being accused of the murder of her step-son, King Edward, in order to place her son, Aethelred, on the throne. But was Aelfthryth really a murderer? Or…