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Source: Find a Grave: Leofric Earl of Mercia

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Titre	Find a Grave: Leofric Earl of Mercia

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MEMORIAL ID 41164276

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BIRTH unknown England DEATH 30 Sep 1057 Kings Bromley, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England BURIAL Saint Mary's Priory and Cathedral Coventry Coventry, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England MEMORIAL ID 41164276 Folk Figure. Earl of Mercia, husband of Lady Godiva. He was awarded the earldom of Mercia by King Cnut following the death of the first Earl, Eadric, in 1017. As Earl of Mercia he was second in importance only to Earl Godwin of Wessex. He was a loyal supporter of Edward the Confessor, who succeeded Cnut's unpopular son, Harthacanute, in 1043, and helped raise an army to halt the hostile advance of Earl Godwin in 1051. The dispute was settled by diplomatic means, however, and Godwin was sent into exile. Leofric and his wife, Lady Godiva, were frequent donors to the church, founding a Benedictine monastery at Coventry in 1043 and also giving generously to the monastery of St Mary, Worcester and the minster at Stow St Mary, Lincolnshire, among others. He is recorded as dying "at a good old age" and was buried at Coventry in the monastery he and his wife founded. Bio by: js Family Members Spouse Photo Lady Godiva 990–1067 Children Photo Earl Ælfgar of Mercia unknown–1060 Alfgar Gruffydd Malet 1025–1062

BIRTH unknown
England
DEATH 30 Sep 1057
Kings Bromley, Lichfield District, Staffordshire, England
BURIAL
Saint Mary's Priory and Cathedral Coventry
Coventry, Metropolitan Borough of Coventry, West Midlands, England
MEMORIAL ID 41164276

Folk Figure. Earl of Mercia, husband of Lady Godiva. He was awarded the earldom of Mercia by King Cnut following the death of the first Earl, Eadric, in 1017. As Earl of Mercia he was second in importance only to Earl Godwin of Wessex. He was a loyal supporter of Edward the Confessor, who succeeded Cnut's unpopular son, Harthacanute, in 1043, and helped raise an army to halt the hostile advance of Earl Godwin in 1051. The dispute was settled by diplomatic means, however, and Godwin was sent into exile. Leofric and his wife, Lady Godiva, were frequent donors to the church, founding a Benedictine monastery at Coventry in 1043 and also giving generously to the monastery of St Mary, Worcester and the minster at Stow St Mary, Lincolnshire, among others. He is recorded as dying "at a good old age" and was buried at Coventry in the monastery he and his wife founded.

Bio by: js

Family Members
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Lady Godiva
990–1067

Children
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Earl Ælfgar of Mercia
unknown–1060

Alfgar Gruffydd Malet
1025–1062