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Ealdgyth

Female Abt 1034 - Aft 1086  (> 53 years)


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  1. 1.  Ealdgyth was born about 1034 in Mercia, England (daughter of Aelfgar and Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND); died after 1086.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Edith of Mercia
    • Fact: Was briefly Queen consort of England by her second marriage to harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

    Family/Spouse: Harold II Godwinson King Of ENGLAND. Harold (son of Godwin Earl Of ESSEX and Gytha SPRAKALEGG) was born about 1022 in Wessex, England; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Senlac, Sussex, England (slain in the Battle of Hastings); was buried in "The Cliffs of Fairlight" near Senlac. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Godwin Haroldsson Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1047.
    2. Edmund Haraldsson Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1049.
    3. Magnus Haraldssson Prince Of ENGLAND was born about 1051.
    4. Gytha Haraldsdatter Of ENGLAND was born in London, Middlesex, England.
    5. Gundhild Haraldsdatter Princess Of ENGLAND was born about 1055.

    Family/Spouse: Gruffydd I Ap LLEWELYN. Gruffydd (son of Llywelyn Ap SEISYLL and Angharad Verch MAREDYDD) was born about 1011 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died on 05 Aug 1063 in Slain. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Nesta Verch GRUFFYDD was born about 1055/7 in Rhuddlan,Wales.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Aelfgar was born in Mercia, England (son of Leofric and Lady Godiva); died after 1062 in Mercia, England; was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: 1053, Earl of East Anglia
    • Fact: 1057, Earl of Mercia
    • Fact 1: 1058, Banished

    Aelfgar married Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND. Aelfgifu (daughter of Ethelred II "The Ready" King Of ENGLAND and Elgiva Queen Of ENGLAND) was born about 997. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND was born about 997 (daughter of Ethelred II "The Ready" King Of ENGLAND and Elgiva Queen Of ENGLAND).
    Children:
    1. Eadwine Of MERCIA was born in Mercia, England; died in England.
    2. Burchard Of MERCIA was born about 1030.
    3. Morkere Of MERCIA was born in Mercia, England.
    4. LEVERUNIA was born about 1034.
    5. 1. Ealdgyth was born about 1034 in Mercia, England; died after 1086.
    6. Lucia Of MERCIA was born about 1040 in Mercia, England; died in England; was buried in Spalding, Lincoln, England.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Leofric was born in Mercia, England (son of Leofwine and Alwara Countess Of MERCIA); died in 31 Aug or 30 Sep 1057 in Bromley, Stafford, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Fact: Founder of the church of Coventry
    • Fact: Bef 1032, Earl of Mercia

    Leofric married Lady Godiva. Lady was born in 1010 in Mercia, England; died between 1066 and 1086; was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Lady Godiva was born in 1010 in Mercia, England; died between 1066 and 1086; was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Lady Godiva was an 11th century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to a legend dating back at least to the 13th century, rode naked--only covered in her long hair--through the streets of Coventry in order to gain a remission of the oppressive taxation imposed by her husband on his tenants.

    Children:
    1. 2. Aelfgar was born in Mercia, England; died after 1062 in Mercia, England; was buried in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

  3. 6.  Ethelred II "The Ready" King Of ENGLAND was born about 968 in Wessex, England (son of Edgar The Peaceful King Of ENGLAND and Elfrida Aelfthyth Queen Of ENGLAND); died on 23 Apr 1016 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St Paul's Cathedral London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: 'the Redeless'
    • Fact: Between 979 and 1016, King of England

    Ethelred married Elgiva Queen Of ENGLAND about 984 in Wessex, England. Elgiva (daughter of English Earl Thored Ealderman GUNNARSSON and ? UNKNOWN) died in 1003. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Elgiva Queen Of ENGLAND (daughter of English Earl Thored Ealderman GUNNARSSON and ? UNKNOWN); died in 1003.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Also Known As: Aelflaed

    Children:
    1. Edmund II King Of ENGLAND was born about 989 in Wessex, England; died on 30 Nov 1016 in England; was buried in Glastonbury, Somersetshire, England.
    2. 3. Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND was born about 997.


  

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