Généalogie and Heritage

Source: Diplomatarium anglicum aevi saxonici: A collection of English charters

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Type Valeur
Titre Diplomatarium anglicum aevi saxonici: A collection of English charters

Texte

In the Stow charter, she is called "Godgife" (Thorpe, Benjamin (1865). Diplomatarium anglicum aevi saxonici: A collection of English charters 1. London: MacMillan. p. 320.)

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Notes

Godiva's name occurs in charters and the Domesday survey, though the spelling varies. The Old English name Godgifu or Godgyfu meant "gift of God"; Godiva was the Latinised version. Since the name was a popular one, there are contemporaries of the same name.