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Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA

Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA[1]

Male 978 - 1057  (79 years)

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  • Name Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA  [2
    Alt. Birth 14 May 968 
    Alt. Birth 
    • Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
    Born 14 May 978  Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN 8XQ9-37 
    FamilySearch ID GJMM-DGX 
    Name Leofric III Of MERCIA 
    _UID 8129C8BDED8C43428113EB2DE2AFF7C7284A 
    Died 31 Aug 1057  Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4
    Person ID I11666  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 

    Father Leofwine I Earl Of MERCIA,   b. 946, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1028, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Alwara ATHELSTANSDOTTIR,   b. 955, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 979, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Family ID F5890  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 First Wife Or MISTRESS,   b. Abt 980, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Hereward Thegn Of MERCIA,   b. 1004, Barholm, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1086, Witham, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years)
     2. Daughter Of Leofric Earl Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1005, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5045  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Godiva Of COVENTRY, Lady Godiva,   b. Abt 1010, Buckinghamshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1086, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Married Bef 1030  [2
    Children 
     1. Thorold Sheriff Of Lincoln Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1000,   d. Spalding, Lincolnshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hereward Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1004, Of, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. Erminhild Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1008,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1025, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Aft 1062, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 38 years)
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2016 
    Family ID F5889  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Bef 1032 - became Earl of Mercia. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

  • Sources 
    1. [S397] J. K. Loren, J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003.

    2. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176a-2 (Reliability: 3).

    3. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176A-2 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S216] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Leofric (Reliability: 3).