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Edulph
(Abt 0921-)
Elfwina of Mercia
(Abt 0905-)
Athelstan Mannesson
(Abt 0925-)
Leofwine Earl of Mercia
(Abt 0950-Abt 1028)
Alwara
(Abt 0955-)
Leofric
(0968-1057)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Godgifu

Leofric 1 2

  • Born: 14 May 968, Mercia, England
  • Marriage (1): Godgifu by 1030
  • Died: 31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Stafford, England at age 89

   Another name for Leofric was Leofric III Earl of Mercia.

  Research Notes:

From Ancestral Roots, Line 176A-2:
"LEOFRIC, d. Bromley, co. Stafford, 31 Aug. 1057, founder of the church of Coventry, seen as thegn from 1005, 'dux' from 1026, Earl of Mercia by 1032..."

  Noted events in his life were:

• Founder: of Church of Coventry.

• Thegn, 1005.

• Dux, 1026.

• Earl of Mercia, by 1032.


Leofric married Godgifu, daughter of Thorald Sheriff of Lincoln and Unknown, by 1030. (Godgifu was born about 1010 in <Mercia>, England, died on 10 Sep 1067 and was buried in <Coventry, Warwickshire>, England.)

Sources

1 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 17 Jul 2009.

2 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 176A-2.

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