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Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia 1002–1059 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1002

Birth Location: Mercia, Heptarchy, England

Death Date: 2 Sep 1059

Death Location: Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'

Father: Leofric DeMercia

Mother: Lady DeMercia

Spouse(s): Elfgifu Wessex, Alversa Malet

Children(s): Edith DeMercia

Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia was born in 1002 in Mercia, Heptarchy, England, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Of Coventry Earl Of England Demercia And Lady Godiva Godgifu Gift God Demercia. Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia married Alversa Malet, Elfgifu Aelfgifu Elgiva Princess England Wessex, and had children including Edith Ealdgyth Queen Of England The Fair Swan Neck Demercia. Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia passed away in 1059 in Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'.

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Biography

  • Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia was born in 1002 in Mercia, Heptarchy, England, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Of Coventry Earl Of England Demercia And Lady Godiva Godgifu Gift God Demercia.
  • Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia married Alversa Malet, Elfgifu Aelfgifu Elgiva Princess England Wessex, and had children including Edith Ealdgyth Queen Of England The Fair Swan Neck Demercia.
  • Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia passed away in 1059 in Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'.

Immediate Family

Parents

Leofric DeMercia
–1057
Birth Location: Mercia, England
LD
Lady DeMercia
–1067
Birth Location: Coventrytown, Mercia, England
LD

Spouses(s)

Elfgifu Wessex
1007–1098
Birth Location: Wessex, Berkshire, England
EW
Alversa Malet
1005–
Birth Location: Chester, Cheshire, England
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Children(s)

Edith DeMercia
1034–1086
Birth Location: Mercia, Saxon Heptarchy, Southern England
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Aelfgar Mercia's Ancestors

Self
Aelfgar Mercia
1002–1059
Birth Place: Mercia, Heptarchy, England
Parents
Leofric III, Lord of Coventry, Earl of England DeMercia
–1057
Mercia, England
Lady (Godiva Godgifu Gift God) DeMercia
–1067
Coventrytown, Mercia, England
Grandparents
Leofwine (Ealdorman Hwicce) DeMercia
–1028
Mercia, England
Alward (Athelstansdottars Mannesson East) Angles
–1030
Mercia, England
Thorold (Lincoln) deBuckingham
–1046
Lincolnshire, England
Edith DeMallett
–1057
Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Richard DeAvranches
1024–1066
Emma DeConteville
1029–1103
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Toustien Avranches
–1041
Judith Montanolier
–1066
Harlevin Conteville
1001–1072
Herleve Falaise
1003–1078

Aelfgar Mercia's Descendants

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Aelfgar (Alfgar III Saxon Earl De) Mercia (12 Aug 1002–2 Sep 1059) m. Elfgifu (Aelfgifu Elgiva Princess England) Wessex (16 Apr 1007–10 Sep 1098) m. Alversa Malet (1005–)
  1. 1. Edith (Ealdgyth Queen of England 'The Fair' 'Swan-Neck') DeMercia 1034–1086 m. King (Gruffydd of the Britons, High King of Wales Ap) Llewelyn 1011–1063 m. Harold (II Godwinson of King of) England 1022–1066
    1. 1. Guenta (Verch 2520 Griffith) Wales 1050–1084 m. Flaad (2519) FitzAlan 1046–1084 m. Alan (Fledaldus) Doll 1060–1097 m. Osborn (Fitz) Richard 1055–1080
      1. 1. Alan ("Breton knight") FitzFlaad 1078–1114 m. Aveline (Adeliza De) Hesdin 1077–1126
        1. 1. Walter (1st High Steward of Scotland) Fitzalan 1109–1174 m. Eschyna (de Londoniis, Heiress of Uchtred de Molla (Molle) & Huntlaw, Widow of de) Molle 1105–1209
        2. 2. William (Willem Fitz Alan Lord of Oswestry & Stuart High Sheriff of Shropshire) 1137 1105–1160
      2. 2. Llywarch (Ap) Trahaearn –1128

Aelfgar Mercia's Timeline

2 Records

1002
12 Aug 1002
Birth of Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia in Mercia, Heptarchy, England
Mercia, Heptarchy, England
1059
2 Sep 1059
Age 57
Death of Aelfgar Alfgar III Saxon Earl De Mercia in Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'
Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1002
    Event Place: Mercia, Heptarchy, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Sep 1059
    Event Place: Mercia, England, Buried at church in Coventry, Warwichshire, England'
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