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Alfgar Mercia 1002–1059 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1002

Birth Location: Mercia Uk

Death Date: 1059

Death Location: Mercia Uk

Father: Leofric Mercia

Mother: Godgifu Coventry

Spouse(s): Ælfgifu children, Elfgifu England

Children(s): Ealdgyth Svannesha, Earl Conquest, Edwin 1066, Ealdgyth Mercia

Alfgar Mercia was born in 1002 in Mercia Uk, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Coventry Earl Of England And Mercia And Godgifu Godiva Lady Godiva Of Coventry. Alfgar Mercia married Elfgifu Princess Of England, Lfgifu Of Wessex 997 1092 28Thggm Note One Of Several Named Lfgifu Check Parents Children, and had children including Ealdgyth Of Mercia, Ealdgyth Svannesha, Earl Morcar Of Northumbria William The Conqueror Replaced Him With Copsi Participated In The Battle Of Stanford Bridge In 1066 Associated With 263 Places Before Conquest 0 After Conquest, Edwin Earl Of Mercia Participated In The Battle Of Stanford Bridge In 1066. Alfgar Mercia passed away in 1059 in Mercia Uk.

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Biography

  • Alfgar Mercia was born in 1002 in Mercia Uk, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Coventry Earl Of England And Mercia And Godgifu Godiva Lady Godiva Of Coventry.
  • Alfgar Mercia married Elfgifu Princess Of England, Lfgifu Of Wessex 997 1092 28Thggm Note One Of Several Named Lfgifu Check Parents Children, and had children including Ealdgyth Of Mercia, Ealdgyth Svannesha, Earl Morcar Of Northumbria William The Conqueror Replaced Him With Copsi Participated In The Battle Of Stanford Bridge In 1066 Associated With 263 Places Before Conquest 0 After Conquest, Edwin Earl Of Mercia Participated In The Battle Of Stanford Bridge In 1066.
  • Alfgar Mercia passed away in 1059 in Mercia Uk.

Immediate Family

Parents

Leofric Mercia
1002–1057
Birth Location: Mercia, Anglo Saxon, England
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Godgifu Coventry
–1055
Birth Location: Mercia, England
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Spouses(s)

Ælfgifu children
–1092
Birth Location: Wessex, England
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Elfgifu England
1003–1098
Birth Location: Wessex Uk
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Children(s)

Ealdgyth Svannesha
1025–1086
Birth Location: Wessex, England
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Earl Conquest
–1087
Birth Location: –
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Edwin 1066
–1071
Birth Location: –
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Ealdgyth Mercia
1034–1086
Birth Location: Saxe, England
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Alfgar Mercia's Ancestors

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Alfgar Mercia
1002–1059
Birth Place: Mercia Uk
Parents
Leofric III Lord Coventry Earl of England and Mercia
1002–1057
Mercia, Anglo Saxon, England
Godgifu (Godiva 'Lady Godiva' of) Coventry
–1055
Mercia, England
Grandparents
Leofwine, (Earl of Mercia) III
–1028
Mercia, England
Alware Mannesson
–1044
Mercia, England
Thorold (the Dane Sheriff of) Lincoln
–1041
Mercia, England
Beatrice (Edith) Malet
–1057
Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Elfwina 2)
William *
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Æthelraed (33rdGGF)
Aethelflaed Wessex

Alfgar Mercia's Descendants

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Alfgar Mercia (12 Aug 1002–1059) m. Ælfgifu (of Wessex (997-1092) (28thGGM) ! note (One of several named Ælfgifu) check parents,) children (Abt. 997–Abt. 1092) m. Elfgifu (Princess of) England (1003–1098)
  1. 1. Ealdgyth Svannesha 1025–1086 m. Harold (II van) Engeland 1023–1066
    1. 1. Gyda Haraldsdatter 1053–1107 m. Chernihiv (Hryvnia Vladimir (Vasily, Basil)) Monomakh 1053–1125
      1. 1. Mstislav (I Harald Vladimirovich) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Любава (Дмитриевна) Завидич 1100–1167 m. Christina (INGESDOTTIR Princess of SWEDEN ( Kristina STENKIL , STENKILLSDOTTIR ) (24thGGM)) * 1078–1122
        1. 1. Euphrosyne (Queen consort of Hungary ( of Kiev \ Kyivof Novgorod ) (23rdGGF)) * 1130–1193 m. Géza (II King of Hungary ( Geza ) (Arpad) (23rdGGF)) * 1130–1162
        2. 2. Isiaslav (( Izyaslav ) II (Grand Prince) of KIEV ( Isjaslaw , Iziaslav ) II RURIKIDE von KIEW , Prince of KURSK) (24thGGF) 1096–1154 m. Agnes (Liubava von Staufen princess of Germany (1107-1151)) (24thGGM) 1107–1151
        3. 3. Rostislav (I Mikhail Grand Prince of KIEV and Smolensk ( Rurik ) ( Rostislaw II MSTISLAVICH von KIEW ) * (25th,26th,) 27thGGF) 1108–1167 m. Agnes (von SCHWABEN ( Adelheid zu HOHENSTAUFEN ) * (25th,26th,) 27thGGM) 1107–1151
        4. 4. Ingeborg (Mstislavna of Kiev (Rurikid)) (25thGGM) 1099–1137 m. Knut (( Knud ) Lavard Jelling Hertog van Zuid-Jutland Koning der Obodrieten Prince of Denmark , born in Roskilde ( Saint Canute Lavard, duke of Schleswig ) (1096)) (25thGGF) 1096–1130
        5. 5. Malmfrid (Mstislawna ( Mstislavna ) Kijewskaja , Princess of Kiev ( Malfred ) (1105-1137)) (27thGGM) 1105–1137 m. Sigurd (I " the Crusader " (Jorsalfare) ( Hårfagreætta ) Magnusson 1st King of Norway to go on Crusade (le hierosolymitain, of Jerusalem) (Leader of the Norwegian Crusade 1107-1110) (27thGGF)* Scandinavian Expeditions and Pilgrimages to the Holy) L 1090–1130
        6. 6. Maria (Agaphia of Kiev ( Rurik )) (27thGGM) 1101–1179 m. Vsevolod (II Kirill Olegovich , Prince of Kiev) (27thGGF) 1084–1146
      2. 2. Yuri (I Vladimirovich Dolgoruky of Kiev , Prince of Suzdal, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Rostov and Suzdal (the Long Arm) Rurik Dynasty (1095)) (26thGGF) 1091–1157 m. Anna (AEPOVNA , Princess of the KUMANS ( Agneja ) ( Cumans ) (1092)) (24thGGM) 1092–1124 m. Helene (( Helena ) Komnena ( Komnene ), Princess of Creece) (28thGA) 1121–1183
        1. 1. Olga (Evfrosiniya Yurievna of SUZDAL ( Rurik ) (1112)) (25thGGM) 1112–1182 m. Yaroslav (Volodymyrkovych Prince of Halych ( Rurik ) (`Osmomysl' VLADIMIRKOVICH , Jaroslaw) (26thGGF) Y-DNA E-M215, also known as E1b1b (His was E1b1b1)) * 1135–1187
        2. 2. Vsevolod (III Yuryevich , Grand Prince of Kiev, Grand Prince of Vladimir-Suzdal ( Yurevich ) (1154) nickname "Big Nest" because he had a large offspring (12)) (23rdGU) 1154–1212
  2. 2. Earl (Morcar of Northumbria (William the Conqueror replaced him with Copsi) . Participated in the battle of Stanford bridge in 1066. Associated with 263 places before Conquest; 0 after) Conquest –1087
  3. 3. Edwin (, Earl of Mercia . Participated in the battle of Stanford bridge in) 1066 –1071
  4. 4. Ealdgyth (of) Mercia 1034–1086 m. Harold (II GODWINESON King of ENGLAND ( GODWINSON Godwinsson ) (2 of 2) (see 1 of 2 for) GGF) 1022–1066 m. Gruffydd ((Griffith; I) ap) LLYWELYN 1007–1063
    1. 1. Nesta (( Nest ferch ) Verch Gruffydd (#2 of 3) (26thGGM)) ! 1050– m. Osbern (fitzRichard ( Osborn ) of Richard's Castle ( Fitz Richard , 2nd Baron of Burford , Shropshire ) (25thGGF)) * 1045–1100
      1. 1. Nest (ferch Osbern ( fitzRichard ) ( Nesta of Hereford )) (24thGGM) 1079–1163 m. Bernard (de NEUFMARCHE , Lord of Brecon ( NEWMARCHE , Neufmarché ) (24thGGF) the first of the Norman conquerors of) Wales 1050–1093
        1. 1. Sibyl (de NEUFMARCHE (1090-1143) (23rdGGM)) * 1090–1143 m. Miles (( Milo ) de FitzWALTER de PITRES , 3rd Earl of HEREFORD , Earl of GLOUCESTER , 1st Lord High Constable of England (of Gloucester ) (1097)) (23rdGGF) 1097–1143
    2. 2. Gunhild (Haraldsdatter (1055) (28thGGM) Daughter of Harold II GODWINESON King of) ENGLAND 1055–1097 m. Alan (III ( Alain III "le Roux" ) Rufus , 1st Lord of Richmond de Bretagne , comte de Penthievre (relative and companion of William I of England the conquerer) (probably present at the Battle of Hastings ) (28thGGF) find) descendants 1040–1093
      1. 1. Matilda (( Matildis Mathilde ) de Bretagne (1072)) (27thGGM) 1072– m. Walter (I Deincourt , 1st Lord d’Eyncourt , Lord of Blankney , 3rd Baron of Eincourt ( Ayncourt Aincourt D'Aincourt Eyncourt Incourt ) fought for William the Conqueror against Harold Godwinson (1043-1103) (27thGGF) * Normandy to England () Deincour 1043–1103
        1. 1. Ralph (Deincourt , 2nd Lord d’Eyncourt (1072)) (27thGGF) 1072–1158
    3. 3. Guenta (Senecal) Dol 1040–1084 m. Flaald Fitzalan 1044–1084
      1. 1. Alan (Fledaldus) Doll 1060–1097
      2. 2. Alaric (of Silkstone (1035) (24thGGF) Ailric was recorded in the Domesday Book. Possibly a Saxon * (Parents possibly) unknown) 1070–1086
        1. 1. Swaine (fitz Alaric ( FitzAlaric ) ( Swain fitz Alreic ) ( Swayn FitzAILRICH ) (1095) (23rdGGF)) * 1095–1130 m. Ms (de Vesci (1099)) (23rdGGM) 1099–1159
      3. 3. Sherrif (of Shropshire Alan Fitz Flaald de) Hesdin 1107–1097 m. Eva Hesdin 1081–1126 m. Elizabeth Warine 1070– m. Margaret DeGalloway 1100–
        1. 1. William (FitzAlan (Son of) Alan) 1105–1160 m. Isabel (( Isabella ) de SAYE , Baroness ( Heiress ) of CLUN ( CLUNY )) (1105) 1105–1199
        2. 2. Walter (1st High Steward of Scotland "Justiciar of Scotia") Fitzalan 1106–1177 m. ISABEL (GLOUCESTER and HERTFORD De) CLARE 1226–1264 m. Eschyna deLondoniis 1110–1209
        3. 3. Sibil (( Sybil Sibylla ) FitzAlan ( STEWART , de DOL , FitzAlain )) (25thGGM) 1120–1152 m. Roger (de Freville ( FRÉVILLE ) (1110)) (25thGGF) 1110–1162
        4. 4. Simon (Jordon Dapifer Dol) Fitzalan 1114–1164
        5. 5. Adam FitzAlan 1112–
        6. 6. Adelina FitzAlan 1110–
        7. 7. Simon FitzFlaad 1108–1160
        8. 8. Adelina Oswestry 1105–
        9. 9. John Fitzalan 1103–1130
        10. 10. Seneschal (Dol) Brittany 1103–1177
        11. 11. Sim FitzAlan 1114–1200
        12. 12. Jordan FitzAlan 1103–1130
        13. 13. Simon FitzAlan 1110–1165
        14. 14. Great Stewart 1106–1177
        15. 15. Jordan Fitzalan 1108–
        16. 16. William FitzAlan 1105–1160
        17. 17. Jordan FitzAlan 1103–1130
      4. 4. Alric FitzAlaric 1070–1098
    4. 4. Nest (Verch) Gruffydd 1061–1153 m. Alan (Alain) SENESCAL 1020–1080 m. Trahaearn (ap Caradog King of Gwynedd (King of NORTH WALES , Tywysog Cymru of ARWYSTLI )) (25thGGF) 1044–1081
      1. 1. Rivallon Senescal 1058–
      2. 2. Ernulf (de) Hesdin 1031–1091 m. Emmeline Nn 1034–1094
        1. 1. Eva Hesdin 1081–1126 m. Sherrif (of Shropshire Alan Fitz Flaald de) Hesdin 1107–1097
        2. 2. Matilda (Maud) deHesdin 1040–1133 m. Patrick (II de CHAWORTH ( de Chourses , Chources ) ( Patricius ) (1052)) (25thGGF) 1052–1095
        3. 3. Sybil (de mar. Walter de Salisbury) Hesdin 1075–1105
        4. 4. Arnulf (Warine Sheriff of Shropshire de Hesdin) (23rdGU) 1065–1138
        5. 5. Matilda (de) Hesdin 1057–1106
        6. 6. Ernulf (de) Hesding 1055–1138
        7. 7. Warine (de Hesdin) (1055) 1055–1095
      3. 3. Llywarch (Ap Trahaearn) 26thGGF. 1074–1128 m. Dyddgu (Verch Iowerth) (26thGGM) 1085–1110
        1. 1. Gwladys (Ferch) Llywarch 1098–1155 m. Owain (Gwynedd Ap Gruffydd Prince of Wales (25thGGF)) * 1100–1169

Alfgar Mercia's Timeline

10 Records

1002
12 Aug 1002
Birth of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia, Heptarchy, England
Mercia, Heptarchy, England
1002
1002
Birth of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England
1002
12 Aug 1002
Birth of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia Uk
Mercia Uk
1059
02 Sep 1059
Age 57
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Died Mercia, England; Buried Coventry, Warwichshire, England
Died Mercia, England; Buried Coventry, Warwichshire, England
1059
1059
Age 57
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1059
1059
Age 57
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England
1059
2 Sep 1059
Age 57
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1059
1059
Age 57
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia Uk
Mercia Uk
1062
31 Aug 1062
Age 60
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia, England, Buried At Church In Coventry, Warwichshire, England'
Mercia, England, Buried At Church In Coventry, Warwichshire, England'
1062
31 Aug 1062
Age 60
Death of Alfgar Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1002
    Event Place: Mercia, Heptarchy, England
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1002
    Event Place: Mercia, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1002
    Event Place: Mercia Uk
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1062
    Event Place: Mercia, England, Buried At Church In Coventry, Warwichshire, England'
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 02 Sep 1059
    Event Place: Died Mercia, England; Buried Coventry, Warwichshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1059
    Event Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1059
    Event Place: Mercia, England

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1062
    Event Place: Mercia, England

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 2 Sep 1059
    Event Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1059
    Event Place: Mercia Uk
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
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