Ecgwynn or
Ecgwynna (
fl. 890s), was the first consort of
Edward the Elder, later King of the English (r. 899–924), by whom she bore the future
King Æthelstan (r. 924–939), and a daughter who married
Sihtric Cáech, Norse king of
Dublin,
Ireland and
Northumbria. Extremely little is known about her background and life. Not even her name is given in any sources until after the
Norman Conquest. The first to record it is
William of Malmesbury, who presents it in Latinised guise as
Egwinna and who is in fact the principal source for her existence.