Leofric III MERCIA)
Birth:
975
of Mercia, England
Death:
31 Aug 1057
Bromley, Staffordshire, England
Burial:
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Marriage:
Abt 1001
of Mercia, England
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Complete Peerage vol 7 p 521 (GS #942 D24c); Hereward, the Saxon Patriot p
18-20, 88 (GS #929.242 H264h); Encyclopedia Americana vol 12 p 746 (GS #Ref 031 Am 35, 1945); Arden's Noble British Fam Chart vol 1 (GS #Folio 942 D2dh);
Ormerod's Hist of Chshr vol 1 pt 1 p 7-8, 49, 123 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or); Hist & Antiq of Beverley Oliver p 462 (GS #942.74/B5 H2o); Plantagenet Ancestry p 130 (GS #Q942 D2t); Nichols' Hist and Antiq of Lstrsh vol 1 pt 1 p 18; Betham's Baronetage p 238 (GS #942 D22bu); The Battle Abbey Roll vol 3 p 259-60 (GS #942 D2bb); Dict of Nat'l Biog vol 1 p 148 vol 22 p 36-37 vol 26 p 240, 243 vol 33 p 61-65 (GS #Ref 920.042 D56ln); Hist of Yorks preface (GS #Q942.74 D2ha); Searle's Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings & Nobles p 300, 450-51, 462-63 (GS #942 D22swy).
Godiva MERCIA)
Birth:
Abt 980
of Mercia, England
Death:
10 Sep 1067
Burial:
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Other spellings of Godiva, Countess of Mercia (Lady Godiva), is: Ediva or
Godgifu; Some records give her as the sister of Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln;
See notes under husband, Leofric III, Earl of Mercia, for documentation.
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 1002
of Mercia, England
Death:
1059
of Mercia, England
Notes:
Complete Peerage, vol 7 p 521, vol 9 p 702, 703, vol 4 Ch #4 vol 7, p 743, 744 (GS #942 D24c); Wurts' Magna Charta vol 1 p 177, vol 3 p 422, 429, vol 6 1758, 1759 (GS #942 D22w); The Battle Abbey Roll vol 2 p 262, 263 (GS #942
D2bb); Baker's Hist of Nrthmp vol 1 p 121 (GS #Q942.55 H2ba); Hereward, the
Saxon Patriot p 17-21, 88 (GS #929.242 H264h); Hist of Antiq of Beverly Oliver p 462 (GS #942.74/B5 H26); Plantagenet Ancestry p 130, 94, 95 (GS #Q942 D2t); Nichols' Hist & Antiq of Lcstrs vol 1 pt 1 p 18, 67 (GS #Q942.54 H2nic); Dict of Nat'l Bio vol 1 p 148, 149, vol 22 p 37, 255, vol 26 p 141, 240 (GS #920.042 D56ln); Searle's Anglo Saxon Bishops, King & Nobles p 300, 450, 451 (GS #942 D22swy); Hist of Yrkshr, preface (GS #Q942.74 D2ha); Ormerod's Hist of Chshr vol 1 pt 1 p 7, 8, 123, 49 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or); Arden's Noble British Fam vol 1 (GS #Folio 942 D2dh); Alfgar, Earl of Mercia, also spelled his name as: Aelfgar or Algar.
2
Birth:
Abt 1004
Mercia, England
Death:
Notes:
Complete Peerage vol 9 p 704 (GS #942 D24c); Omerod's Hist of Chshr vol 1 pt 1 p 49 (GS #Folio 942.71 H2or); Encyclopedia Americana vol 14 p 128 (GS #Ref 031 Am 35, 1945); Notes and Queries vol 6 p 353 (GS #942 B2n); Hist of Yrkshr, preface (GS #Q942.74 D2ha); Hist & Antiq of Beverley Oliver, p 462 (GS #942.74/B5 H2o); The Battle Abbey Roll vol 3 p 259 (GS #942 D2bb); Betham's Baronetage p 238 (GS #942 D22bu); Searle's Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings & Nobles p 463 (GS #942 D22swy); Dict. of Nat'l Biog. vol 1 p 148-49, vol 22 p 36-37; vol 26 p 240-42, vol 33 p 61-63 (GS #Ref 920.042 D56ln); Nichols' Hist and Antiq of Lcstrs vol 1 pt 1 p 18 (GS #Q942.54 H2nic); Hereward, The Saxon Patriot, by Lt. Gen. Harward p 12-25, 88 (GS #929.242 H264h).
3
Mr. de MERCIA
Birth:
Abt 1006
Mercia, England
Death:
Marr:
Notes:
See notes under Father, Leofric III, Earl of Mercia, for documentation.
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Leofric III Mercia) - Godiva Mercia)
Leofric III Mercia)
was born at of Mercia, England 975.
His parents were Leofwine (Leofstan) Mercia) and Alwara .
He married Godiva Mercia) Abt 1001 at of Mercia, England . Godiva Mercia) was born at of Mercia, England Abt 980 daughter of Thorold Lincoln) and Mrs. Thorold .
They were the parents of 3
children:
Alfgar III Mercia)
born Abt 1002.
Hereward "Le Wac" Bourne)
born Abt 1004.
Mr. de Mercia
born Abt 1006.
Leofric III Mercia) died 31 Aug 1057 at Bromley, Staffordshire, England .
Godiva Mercia) died 10 Sep 1067 .