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Godiva, Countess Of Mercia

Female Abt 979 - 1067  (~ 88 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Godiva, Countess Of Mercia was born Abt 979, Mercia, England; died 4 Sep 1067; was buried Coventry, England.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8XQ9-4D

    Notes:

    Godiva, Lady (flourished about 1040-80), Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, wife of
    Leofric, earl of Mercia (flourished 1005-57). She is known to have persuaded
    her husband to found monasteries at Coventry (1043) and Stow. According to
    legend, she obtained a reduction in the excessive taxes levied by her husband
    on the people of Coventry by consenting to ride naked through the town on a
    white horse. Only one person disobeyed her orders to remain indoors behind
    closed shutters; this man, a tailor known afterward as Peeping Tom, peered
    through a window and immediately became blind. The oldest form of the legend is
    in the 13th-century Flores Historiarum (Flowers of the Historians). A festival
    in her honor was instituted as part of Coventry Fair in 1678.
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    Reference:
    "The World Book Encyclopedia", 1968, p G235.
    "Godiva, Lady," Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993 Microsoft
    Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation

    Godiva, married Leofric III, Earl Mercia 1029. Leofric (son of Leofwine, Earl Of Mercia and Alwara, Countess Of Mercia) was born 9 May 968, Mercia, England; died 25 Aug 1057, Bromley, Stafford, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 2. Alfgar III, Earl Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1001, Of, Mercia, England; died 1058, Mercia, England; was buried Coventry, Warwickshire, England.
    2. 3. Hereward Of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1003, Mercia, England.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Alfgar III, Earl Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1001, Of, Mercia, England; died 1058, Mercia, England; was buried Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: B19T-5M

    Notes:

    Alfgar III, Earl Of Mercia

    Alfgar — Elfgifu Princess Of England. Elfgifu (daughter of Ethelred II, "The Unready" England, King of England and Alfgifu (Aelflaed) Queen England) was born Abt 996, Wessex, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 4. Eadwine  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1027.
    2. 5. Morkere  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1029.
    3. 6. Ealdgyth Of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1033, Of, Mercia, Mercia, England; died Aft 1085.
    4. 7. Leverunia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1033.
    5. 8. Lucia Of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1039, Mercia, England; died , England; was buried Spalding, Lincoln, England.

  2. 3.  Hereward Of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1003, Mercia, England.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 9NR4-2X



Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Eadwine Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1027.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: HPGJ-7S


  2. 5.  Morkere Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1029.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: HPGJ-80


  3. 6.  Ealdgyth Of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1033, Of, Mercia, Mercia, England; died Aft 1085.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 91VR-7F

    Ealdgyth married Gruffydd Ap Llewelyn, [King] Abt 1057. Gruffydd (son of Llywelyn Ap Seisyll and Angharad Verch Maredudd) was born Abt 1010, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 30 Jul 1063. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 9. Nest Verch Gruffydd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1058, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.
    2. 10. Maredudd Ap Gruffudd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1054, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 1068.
    3. 11. Idwal Ap Gruffudd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1056, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 1068.
    4. 12. Nest Verch Gruffudd  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1060, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

    Ealdgyth married Harold II King England Abt 1063, Of Wessex, England, England. Harold was born Abt 1021; died 1065. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Leverunia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1033.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: HPGJ-BB


  5. 8.  Lucia Of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1039, Mercia, England; died , England; was buried Spalding, Lincoln, England.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8XQ8-7R

    Lucia — Ives Taillebois. Ives was born Abt 1035, Yorks, England; died 1093. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 13. Lucy Taillebois  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1073, Mercia, England; died 1135.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  Nest Verch Gruffydd Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ealdgyth3, 2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1058, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8XJQ-JM

    Nest — Osbern Fitz Richard. Osbern (son of Richard Fitzscrob and Mrs. Richard Fitz Scrob) was born Abt 1054, Of, Herfordshire, England; died 1079, , England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 14. Nest Fitch Richard  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1078, Of, Herefordshire, England.

  2. 10.  Maredudd Ap Gruffudd Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ealdgyth3, 2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1054, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 1068.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: R7TT-55


  3. 11.  Idwal Ap Gruffudd Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ealdgyth3, 2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1056, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died 1068.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: R7TT-6B


  4. 12.  Nest Verch Gruffudd Descendancy chart to this point (6.Ealdgyth3, 2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1060, Of, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: HNJG-SL

    Nest — Trahaearn Ap Caradog. Trahaearn was born Abt 1029, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died 1080, Battle Carno, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 15. Llywarch ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1069, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died 1127, North Wales.
    2. 16. Meurig ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1070, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died 1105.
    3. 17. Owain ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1073, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
    4. 18. Ieuan ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1075, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales.
    5. 19. Griffri ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1072, of, Arwystli, Montgomeryshire, Wales; died 1105.
    6. 20. Ednowain ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1073, Arwystli, , Wales.
    7. 21. Madog ap Trahaearn  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1075, of, Arwystle, Montgomeryshire, Wales.

  5. 13.  Lucy Taillebois Descendancy chart to this point (8.Lucia3, 2.Alfgar2, 1.Godiva,1) was born Abt 1073, Mercia, England; died 1135.

    Other Events:

    • AFN: 8XQ8-5F

    Lucy married Randolph De Meschines, Earl of Chester 1097, , Normandy, France. Randolph (son of Ranulf De Meschines, Vicompte Bayeux and Maud D' Avranches) was born Abt 1069, Of, Cheshire, England; died Dec 1127/1128, Chester, Cheshire, England; was buried Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. 22. Alice (Adeliza) De Meschines  Descendancy chart to this point was born 1087/1093, , Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died 1127.
    2. 23. William De Meschines  Descendancy chart to this point was born Abt 1099, Gernon Castle, Normandy, France.
    3. 24. Ranulph De Meschines, Earl of Chester  Descendancy chart to this point was born Bef 1099, Gernon Castle, Normandy, France; died 9 Dec 1153, , England; was buried St Werburg, Chester, Chestershire, England.


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