Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA^[1]

Abt 1025 - Aft 1062  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA  [2, 3]
  Nickname	The Saxon
  Alt. Birth	Abt 1002
  	Alt. Birth
  	Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
  Birth	Abt 1025	Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
  Gender	Male
  Alt. Birth	Bef 1030  [4]
  	Alt. Birth
  	Mercia, England
  Alt. Death	1059  [5]
  	Alt. Death
  	Mercia, England
  Name	Alfgar III Earl Of MERCIA
  Name	The Saxon
  _FSFTID	GJNH-M3W
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/GJNH-M3W
  _UID	0A7144EA242B4F9C92F0CE712B7DB2BBB95F
  Death	Aft 1062	Mercia, England   [4]
  Burial	Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia)
  Person ID	I11667	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Leofric III Earl Of MERCIA,   b. 14 May 978, Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) d. 31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Mercia) (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Godiva Of COVENTRY, Lady Godiva,   b. Abt 1010, Buckinghamshire, England d. Aft 1086, Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	Bef 1030  [6]
  Family ID	F5889	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elfgifu Princess Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 997, Wessex, England d. Aft 1040 (Age ~ 44 years)
  Children	1. Edwin Earl Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1028, Of, Mercia, England d. Aft 1070, England (Age ~ 43 years)   2. Burhheard Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1030, Of Mercia, England d. Yes, date unknown   3. Morcar Earl Of NORTHUMBRIA,   b. Abt 1030, Of, Mercia, England d. Aft 1070, England (Age ~ 41 years)   4. Ealdgyth De Taillebois Queen Of ENGLAND,   b. Abt 1034, Saxe, Mercia, England d. Aft 1086 (Age ~ 53 years)   5. Leverunia,   b. Abt 1034, d. Yes, date unknown   6. Lucia Of MERCIA,   b. Abt 1040, Mercia, England d. England
  Family ID	F5363	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2016

  
  

• Notes

  Aelfgar, of age 1051, d. shortly after 1062, Earl of East Anglia 1053, Earl of Mercia 1057, banished 1058; m. Aelfgifu, by whom 3 known sons: Eadwine, Morkere, and Burchard, whose issue are unknown, and a daughter Aldgyth [as well as Edith or Aldgyth]. [Ancestral Roots, Line 176a-3] -------------------- The following is excerpted from a post to SGM, 22 Jun 1999, by Leo van de Pas: The son of Leofric and Godiva : Alfgar "the Saxon", Earl of Mercia, died circa 1059/1062 was married to Elfgifu, daughter of Sigeferth and Ealdgyth. In 1055, he was forced to seek the protection of Gruffyd in Wales, in that year Gruffyd and Alfgar burned down St.Aethelbert's minster and all the town of Hereford. In 1058 Alfgar, without having given reason, was outlawed, and went to Ireland and Wales where he got himself a great band and then travelled to Hereford. After a violent battle Alfgar was reinstated and given back all that had earlier been taken from him. Alfgar and Elfgifu are the parents of : 1.Edwin 2.Morcar 3.Ealdgyth of Mercia married (1) circa 1056 Gruffyd ap Llywelyn, King of Deheubarth 1044-1063, son of Llywelyn ap Seiswill, King of Deheubarth and Gwynedd, and Angharad of Wales

  
  

• 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, 1b-23, 176a-3 (Reliability: 3). [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Leo van de Pas, 22 Jun 1999 (Reliability: 3). [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176a-3 (Reliability: 3). [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 1b-23 (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).