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Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia 1002–1059 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 12 Aug 1002

Birth Location: Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England

Death Date: 1059

Death Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Father: Leofric Coventry

Mother: Godgifu taxation

Spouse(s): Elfgifu Wessex, Alversa Malet

Children(s): Robert Hereward, Eadwine Mercia, Morcar 1066, Ealdgyth England, Aethelreda Wessex, Edwin Mercia

Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia was born in 1002 in Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England, the child of Leofric Leofwine Iii The Great Earl Of Mercia Lord Of Coventry And Godgifu Lady Godiva De Lincoln De Mercia Old English Godgifu God Gift Rode Naked Thru Streets Of Coventry To Gain A Remission Of Oppressive Taxation. In 1050, Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia was employed in England. Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia married Alversa Malet, Elfgifu Aelgifu Princess Of Wessex, and had children including Aethelreda Of Wessex Anglo Saxon Princess Countess Of Dunbar Princess Of Northumberland And Wessex, Eadwine De Mercia, Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England, Edwin Gruffydd Malet Earl Of Mercia, Morcar Of Northumbria Earl Of Northumbria Harald Hardrada King Of Norway Defeated Him At Battle Of Fulford On 20 Sept 1066, Robert The Banished Hereward. Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia passed away in 1059 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia was born in 1002 in Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England, the child of Leofric Leofwine Iii The Great Earl Of Mercia Lord Of Coventry And Godgifu Lady Godiva De Lincoln De Mercia Old English Godgifu God Gift Rode Naked Thru Streets Of Coventry To Gain A Remission Of Oppressive Taxation.
  • In 1050, Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia was employed in England.
  • Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia married Alversa Malet, Elfgifu Aelgifu Princess Of Wessex, and had children including Aethelreda Of Wessex Anglo Saxon Princess Countess Of Dunbar Princess Of Northumberland And Wessex, Eadwine De Mercia, Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England, Edwin Gruffydd Malet Earl Of Mercia, Morcar Of Northumbria Earl Of Northumbria Harald Hardrada King Of Norway Defeated Him At Battle Of Fulford On 20 Sept 1066, Robert The Banished Hereward.
  • Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia passed away in 1059 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Leofric Coventry
–1057
Birth Location: Saxe, Mercia, Leicestershire, England
LC
Godgifu taxation
–1057
Birth Location: Coventry, Mercia, Anglo-Saxon England
Gt

Spouses(s)

Elfgifu Wessex
–1054
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EW
Alversa Malet
1005–1098
Birth Location: Chester, Cheshire, , England
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Children(s)

Robert Hereward
1040–1086
Birth Location: Flanders, France
RH
Eadwine Mercia
1034–
Birth Location: Mercia, Anglo Saxon, England
EM
Morcar 1066
1030–1070
Birth Location: Anglo Saxon Mercia, England
M1
Ealdgyth England
1025–1086
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EE
Aethelreda Wessex
1046–1080
Birth Location: Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
AW
Edwin Mercia
–1071
Birth Location: England
EM

Alfgar Mercia's Ancestors

Self
Alfgar Mercia
1002–1059
Birth Place: Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
Parents
Leofric Leofwine III, The Great Earl of Mercia, Lord of Coventry
–1057
Saxe, Mercia, Leicestershire, England
Godgifu ("Lady Godiva" de Lincoln de Mercia (Old English: Godgifu = god gift), rode naked thru streets of Coventry to gain a remission of oppressive) taxation
–1057
Coventry, Mercia, Anglo-Saxon England
Grandparents
Leofwine (of Mercia, Earl of Mercia &) Devonshire
–1028
Mercia, England
Alwara (Athelstansdottar, Countess of) Mercia
–1030
Mercia, Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Thorold (of Lincoln or Bukenhall of) Mercia
–1041
Mercia (later Lincolnshire), England
Lady (de) Malet
–1000
Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edulph Devonshire
Aelfwyn Lady
–1000
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Lord Ethelbrett
Princess Egwine

Alfgar Mercia's Descendants

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Alfgar (Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of) Mercia (12 Aug 1002–1059) m. Elfgifu (Aelgifu Princess of) Wessex (Abt. 997–1054) m. Alversa Malet (1005–1098)
  1. 1. Robert ("The Banished") Hereward 1040–1086 m. Wilburga Penda 1055–1096
    1. 1. Robert (Hereward (Don't connect to wife Lucy) Germund) 1080–1150
  2. 2. Eadwine (de) Mercia 1034–
  3. 3. Morcar (of Northumbria, Earl of Northumbria, Harald Hardrada, King of Norway defeated him at Battle of Fulford on 20 Sept) 1066 1030–1070
  4. 4. Ealdgyth (Edith "Fair Swan Neck," Queen of) England 1025–1086 m. Harold (II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of) England 1001–1066 m. Gruffydd (ap Llewelyn, Prince of Gwynedd & Powys, Wales, (ap = son) of) 1011–1063
    1. 1. Gytha (Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of) Wessex 1053–1107 m. Vladimir (II Monomakh Vsevolodovich Rurik dynasty, Grand Prince Of Kievan) Rus 1053–1125
      1. 1. Yuri ((Georg) I Dolgoruki "Long Arms" Vladimirovich Rurik Dynasty, Grand Duke of) Kiev 1091–1157 m. Helena (Elena Komnenos, Princess of) Byzantium 1095–1183 m. Anna (Acrovna) Kumans 1092–1124
        1. 1. Vsevolod (III "The Big Nest" Yuryevich, Rurik Dynasty, Grand Prince of) Vladimir 1154–1212 m. Mariya (Marfa Shvarnovna, Saint of) Ossetia 1156–1205
        2. 2. Olga (Youriévna de) Rurikide –1181
      2. 2. Roman Vladimyrovich –1119
      3. 3. Mstislav (I, Vladimirovich Harald, Rurik Dynasty, 11th Grand Prince of) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Christina (Ingesdotter of Sweden, Swedish princess, Grand Duchess of) Kiev 1080–1122
        1. 1. Eupraxia (Rurik) Dynasty, 1130–1186 m. Geza (II Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Dalmatia &) Rama 1130–1162
        2. 2. Ingeborg (Mstislavna, Rurik Dynasty, Ruthenian) princess 1100–1130 m. Knud ((Canute) Lavard Estriden, Danish prince, duke &) Saint 1096–1131
        3. 3. Rostislaw (I Michael van) Nowgorod 1110–1168
        4. 4. Iziaslav (II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Pereyaslav, Turov, Rostov, Volhynia & Pereyaslavi, progenitor of the Monomakhovychi Volhynian) br 1096–1154 m. Gertrude (Agnes von Hohenstaufen, Grand Princess of Kiev, Princess of Germany, Princess of Holy Roman) Empire 1110–1151
        5. 5. Malmfred (Rurik Dynasty, Russian princess and a medieval Norwegian and Danish queen) consort 1095–1137 m. Eric (II 'the Memorable' Estridsen, king of Denmark, illegitimate) son 1090–1137 m. Sigurd (I 'The Crusader' Magnusson Hardrada house, King of Norway, expedition with King Magnus III to Orkney Islands, 1st Norwegian-led Crusade to Jerusalem) 1107 1090–1130
    2. 2. Nest (Verch) Gruffydd 1059–1153 m. Osbern (Scrope FitzRichard, Sheriff of) Hereford 1055–1110 m. Osborn (Fitz) Richard 1055–1100
      1. 1. Simon Scrope 1056–1079
        1. 1. Walter (le) Scrope 1080–1107
      2. 2. Nesta Fitzrichard 1079–
    3. 3. Maredudd (ap) Seisyll –1069
    4. 4. Idwal (ap) Seisyll –1069
  5. 5. Aethelreda (of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon princess: Countess of Dunbar, Princess of Northumberland and) Wessex 1046–1080 m. Gospatric (Earl of) Northumbria 1040–1074
    1. 1. Ethelreda (Dunbar of Northumbria, possibly Queen of Alba, conflated with Octreda or) Uhtreda 1068–1094 m. Duncan (II House of Dunkeld, King of) Scotland 1060–1094
      1. 1. William (fitz) Duncan 1090–1154 m. Alice (de) Rumilly 1115–1187
        1. 1. Amabel (Fitz) Duncan 1150–1201
    2. 2. Maldred (Dolfin FitzGospatric of Dunkeld, Lord of Carlisle, Saxon Thane (one rank below Lord or Earl)of Kingdom of) Northumbria 1074–
      1. 1. Swain (Uchtred FitzDolfin fitz Maldred, Lord of) Raby 1105–1140 m. Adelicia FitzWalcher 1104–
        1. 1. Dolfin (Maldred fitz Uchtred FitzSwain, Lord of) Raby –1172
    3. 3. Sir (Gospatrick II Dunbar, Earl of Dunbar and Lothian, Battle of the) Standard 1062–1138 m. Sybil (Morel, Countess of) Dunbar 1074–1117
      1. 1. Gospatrick (III de Dunbar, Earl of Lothian and later the Earl of Dunbar, and feudal Lord of) Beanley 1090–1166
        1. 1. Waltheof (Dunbar, 3rd Earl of Lothian or "Dunbar," lord of Beanley, Anglo-Scottish, hostage for release imprisoned King William I) 1175 1122–1182 m. Aline 1127–1179
        2. 2. Sybil (Juliana de) Dunbar 1124–1179
      2. 2. Juliana (de Dunbar, founded Newminster) Abbey 1115–1201
  6. 6. Edwin (Gruffydd Malet, Earl of) Mercia –1071

Alfgar Mercia's Timeline

4 Records

1002
12 Aug 1002
Birth of Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia in Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
1050
abt 1050
Age 48
Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia was employed in England
England
1059
1059
Age 57
Burial of Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
1062
31 Aug 1062
Age 60
Death of Alfgar Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of Mercia in buried at Church in Coventry, Mercia, Warwichshire, England
buried at Church in Coventry, Mercia, Warwichshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 12 Aug 1002
    Event Place: Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Occupation
    Event Date: abt 1050
    Event Place: England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 Aug 1062
    Event Place: buried at Church in Coventry, Mercia, Warwichshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Date: 1059
    Event Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index
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