Notes:

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Her father is from "Ancestral Roots..." (Balt., 1992) 176A-3 & 247-20. She
was queen of both Wales and England.
Also see "Old Germanic Principles of Name Giving" by Woolf, pp. 137-38,
for this line.

Edith married Maldred about 1036. Maldred (son of Crinan, Grimus and Bethoc) died in 1045. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Fergus Lord of Galloway died on 12 May 1166 in Holyrood Abbey.
2. Cospatric, Earl of Dunbar I was born in 1040; died in 1075; was buried in Norham.

Edith married Griffith, Prince of North Wales I in 1057. I (son of Llewellyn Prince of North Wales and Ankaret, Queen of Powys II) died on 5 Aug 1063. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Nesta, of North

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1058, Banished

Notes:

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Earl of East Anglia in 1053, he was Earl of Mercia in 1057. By Aelfgifu he
had 3 known sons: Eadwine, Morkere and Burchard (whose issue is unknown).
Aelfgar III is an only child.

III married Elgiva on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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{Ref. "Falaise Roll...," M. Jackson Crispin & Leonce Macary (London: Butler
& Tanner, 1938, Table XIII).} Leofric founded the Church of Coventry and
was regarded "thegn" (Thane) from 1005 and "dux" (Duke) from 1026; Earl of
Mercia by 1032. He was "very old" at death. He was fourth child of his
parents.

III married Godiva, Lady of Mercia on Yes, date unknown. Lady (daughter of Thorwald) was born in 980; died on 10 Sep 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Godiva or "Godgifu" was born about 1010, a sister of Thorold of Buckingham
(Sheriff of Lincs.); she is the "Lady Godiva" of legend, and apparently is
of an old, noble family. One correspondent claims her father was Earl of
Lincolnshire.

Notes:

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Called "The Unready" (i.e. without rede or counsel); tried to buy off
Danish invaders led by Sweyn; finally assembled large navy but internal
dissent undermined effective deployment; Encycl. Britannica, 1956 Ed.
(1:275) states: "Weak, self-indulgent, improvident, he had pursued a policy
of opportunism to a fatal conclusion." He reigned 979-1016.

II married Elfleda in 985. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
his 1st of two wives

Notes:

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W.H.Turton gives a speculative ancestry from Leofric I, Earl of Leicester,
presumed g3grandfather of Leofwine - "The Plantagenet Ancestry"
(Balt.:Gen.Pub.Co.,1968), p. 130. Leofwine was known as earldorman of the
Hwiccas and in 1017 was Earl of Mercia. Another proposed ancestry shows
Leofwine as son of Elfwina of Mercia (daughter of Edward I the Elder
[ID1631] and Edgiva) and Edolf or Edulph (of Saxony?). Leofwine acceeded in
1017.

married Alwara on Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 1256

Notes:

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Coronation delayed (because Archbishop Dunstan disapproved his lifestyle) until 973 (at Bath);
with Dunstan he reformed monastic houses on Rule of St.Benedict; m. (1) Aethelflaed ("the
white duck"), dau. of Earl Ormaer, & had Edward the Martyr; m. (2) Aelfthryth, dau. of Earl
Ordgar, & had Aethelred II; also had daughter, Eadgyth (St.), Abbess of Barking, b. ca. 962,
by Wulthryth, "an inmate of the convent at Wilton", who declined marriage. Edgar's reign "is
often regarded as the highest point of effective power reached by the Old English monarchy...a
time of peace for the greater part of England." He is fame is due "to his lavish patronage of
the church, and to the encouragement which he gave to the great men, Dunstan, Ethelwold, and
Oswald, who in his reign were reviving monastic life in England." {-Encycl.Brit.,'56,8:484.}
Edgar reigned from October, 959 to 975. Edgar's reign is the setting of "The King's
Henchman," a play by Edna St.Vincent Millay (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927).

married Devonshire, Aelfthryth of in 965. Aelfthryth was born in 945 in Lydford Castle, Devon; died on 17 Nov 1002 in Wherwell Abbey, Hampshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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Aelfthryth ("Elfrida") is daughter of Ordgar, Ealdorman of Devon, and widow
of Ethelwald, Ealdorman of East Anglia. She became a nun in 986.
She m. (1) Ethelwald ca. 962 and had with him Edgar and Ethelfleda
(Abbess of Romsey, b. ca. 963).

Notes:

Married:
his second marriage

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: 3455

Notes:

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Thored is son of Gunnor.