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.
Selv om Ælfgifu, som mor til to fremtidige konger, viste sig for at være en vigtig kongelig sengeledsager, er der intet strengt moderne bevis for, at hun nogensinde blev indviet som dronning.