Leofric, earl of Mercia

Events

Date of Birth: unknown.

Date of Death: 31 August 1057 or 30 September 1057.

Place of Death: King’s Bromley, Staffordshire.

The date and place are given by Williams (ODNB).

Place of Burial: Coventry, Warwickshire.

The place is given by Williams (ODNB).

Relationships

Father: Leofwine.

This relationship is given by Williams (ODNB). It is recorded by Heming of Worcester (p. 261; Fol. 123 “De Ceaddes Læge & de Broctune”): “Nonnullarum vero terrarum possessiones comes Leofricus, defuncto patre suo Leofwino, ex hoc possidebat monasterio.”

Mother: unknown.

Spouse: Godgifu (died 1067).

This relationship is given by Williams (ODNB). “Lady Godiva.” Nothing certain is known of her origins. The relationship is recorded by Heming of Worcester (p. 261-262; Fol. 123 “De Ceaddes Læge & de Broctune”).

Children:

Ælfgar married Ælfgifu.

References

Hemingi Chartularium Ecclesiæ Wigorniensis (Oxford: 1723).

“Leofric 49” on the Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England website.

Williams, Ann. “Leofric, earl of Mercia (d. 1057)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).

Williams, Ann. “Godgifu (d. 1067?)” in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004).