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Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA

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

Male Abt 1025 - Aft 1062  (~ 38 years)

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  • Name Alfgar III "The Saxon" Earl Of MERCIA  [2, 3
    Nickname The Saxon 
    Alt. Birth Abt 1002 
    Alt. Birth 
    • Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia)
    Born Abt 1025  Chester, Cheshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Alt. Birth Bef 1030  [4
    Alt. Birth 
    • Mercia, England
    Alt. Death 1059  [5
    Alt. Death 
    • Mercia, England
    FamilySearch ID GJNH-M3W 
    Name Alfgar III Earl Of MERCIA 
    Name The Saxon 
    _UID 0A7144EA242B4F9C92F0CE712B7DB2BBB95F 
    Died Aft 1062  Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Buried Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I11667  Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2022 

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

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

  • 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]

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      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 
    1. [S397] J. K. Loren, J.K. Loren Dec 8 2003.

    2. [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).

    3. [S44] Newsgroup: soc.genealogy.medieval, at groups - google.com, Leo van de Pas, 22 Jun 1999 (Reliability: 3).

    4. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176a-3 (Reliability: 3).

    5. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 1b-23 (Reliability: 3).

    6. [S845] Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists, 7th Edition, by Frederick Lewis Weis, additions by Walter Lee Shippard Jr., 1999, 176a-2 (Reliability: 3).