Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA^[1]

978 - 1057  (79 years)

• Name	Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA  [2]
  Alt. Birth	14 May 968
  	Alt. Birth
  	Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
  Birth	14 May 978	Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
  Gender	Male
  AFN	8XQ9-37
  FamilySearch ID	GJMM-DGX
  Name	Leofric III Of MERCIA
  _UID	8129C8BDED8C43428113EB2DE2AFF7C7284A
  Death	31 Aug 1057	Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia)   [3, 4]
  Person ID	I11666	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Leofwine I Earl Of MERCIA,   b. 946, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d. 1028, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Alwara ATHELSTANSDOTTIR,   b. 955, Mercia, England d. 979, Mercia, England (Age 24 years)
  Family ID	F5890	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	First Wife Or MISTRESS,   b. Abt 980, Mercia, England d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Hereward Thegn Of MERCIA,   b. 1004, Barholm, Lincolnshire, England d. Aft 1086, Witham, Lincolnshire, England (Age 83 years)   2. Daughter Of Leofric Earl Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1005, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F5045	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Godiva Of COVENTRY, Lady Godiva,   b. Abt 1010, Buckinghamshire, England d. Aft 1086, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1030  [2]
  Children	1. Thorold Sheriff Of Lincoln Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1000   d. Spalding, Lincolnshire, England   2. Hereward Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1004, Of, Mercia, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Erminhild Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1008   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1025, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d. Aft 1062, Mercia, England (Age ~ 38 years)
  Family ID	F5889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Bef 1032 - became Earl of Mercia. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

  
  

• Sources

  [S397] J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003, J. K. Loren. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176a-2 (Reliability: 3). [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176A-2 (Reliability: 3). [S216] Encyclopedia Britannica, Treatise on, Leofric (Reliability: 3).