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Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia 1002–1062 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1002

Birth Location: Mercia, England

Death Date: 1062

Death Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Father: Leofric Mercia

Mother: Godiva Coventry

Spouse(s):

Children(s): Lucia Mercia

The story of Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia began in 1002 in Mercia, England. Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia married Aelfgifu Of Wessex Elgifu Elgiva Elgyve Of England Daughter Of Aethelred Ii The Unready King Of The English 978 1013 1014 1016, and had children including Lucia Lucy De Mercia Daughter Of Alfgar De Mercia Earl Of Mercia. Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia passed away in 1062 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia began in 1002 in Mercia, England.
  • Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia married Aelfgifu Of Wessex Elgifu Elgiva Elgyve Of England Daughter Of Aethelred Ii The Unready King Of The English 978 1013 1014 1016, and had children including Lucia Lucy De Mercia Daughter Of Alfgar De Mercia Earl Of Mercia.
  • Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia passed away in 1062 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Leofric Mercia
–1057
Birth Location: Saxe, Mercia, Leicestershire, England
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Godiva Coventry
–1067
Birth Location: Coventrytown, Mercia, Heptarchy, England
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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Lucia Mercia
1040–1086
Birth Location: Mercia, England
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Alfgar Mercia's Ancestors

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Alfgar Mercia
1002–1062
Birth Place: Mercia, England
Parents
Leofric III "the Great" of Mercia Earl of Mercia
–1057
Saxe, Mercia, Leicestershire, England
Godiva ((Godgifu of Backnall, Lady Godiva) of Coventry Countess of Mercia, Countess of) Coventry
–1067
Coventrytown, Mercia, Heptarchy, England
Grandparents
Leofwine (of Mercia Earl of Mercia, Earl of the) Hwicce
–1028
Mercia, England
Alwara (of Mercia (Alward of the East Angles) Athelstansdottar Daughter of Athelstan of the East Angles (Athelstand Minnesson) Mannesson Duke of the East) Angles
–1030
Mercia, England
Thorold (of Coventry Earl of Bukenhall, Sheriff of) Lincoln
–1046
Bukenhall, Lincolnshire, England
Edith (de) Malet
–1028
Alkborough, Lincolnshire, England
Great-Grandparents
Edulf Wessex
Elfwina Mercia
Ordgar Lincoln
Eadgyth Algitha
–1035
William Malet
–1023
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ordgar Devon
Robert Malet

Alfgar Mercia's Descendants

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Alfgar (de Mercia Earl of) Mercia (1002–1062)
  1. 1. Lucia ((Lucy) de Mercia Daughter of Alfgar de Mercia Earl of) Mercia 1040–1086 m. Ives ((Ivo) de Taillebois Baron of Kendal, Earl of Anjou, and Lord of) Spalding 1036–1100
    1. 1. Lucy (de Taillebois Countess of) Chester 1074–1136 m. Ranulph (III (Ranulf de Brisquessart) le Meschines Lord of Cumberland, 3rd Earl of Chester) 1120-1129 1070–1129
      1. 1. Adeliza ((Alice of Chester, Adeliza de Gernon) le Meschines Countess of Clare and Hertford, Baroness of Cardigan and) Tonbridge 1094–1128 m. Lord (Richard FitzGilbert de) Clare 1090–1136 m. Richard (FitzGilbert (II) de Clare Lord of Clare, 1st Earl of) Hertford 1090–1136 m. Robert ((Roger Conde) de Condet (Conde) Lord of Thorngate) Castle 1108–1141
        1. 1. Lady (Avis FitzRichard de) Clare 1125–1214 m. Lord (Hervey) FitzBagot 1125–1166
        2. 2. Roger ("the Good" de Clare 2nd Earl of Hereford 1152-1173, 5th Lord of Clare 1152-1173, 5th Lord of Tonbridge, 5th Lord of) Cardigan 1116–1173 m. Maud ((Matilda) (de) St. Hilaire Daughter of James (de) St. Hilaire Lord of St.) Hilaire 1132–1195
        3. 3. Isabel (de Condet (Conde) Daughter of Robert (Roger Conde) de Condet (Conde) Lord of Thorngate) Castle –1166 m. Hugh ((de) Bardolf Lord of) Waddington 1150–1176
        4. 4. Roger (de Cundy (Condet) Lord of Manor of Coventry &) Glentham 1118–
        5. 5. Alice ((Adeliza) (Adelaide Tonbridge, Adeliza de Turnbridge) de Clare Daughter of Richard FitzGilbert II de Clare Lord of Clare, 1st Earl of) Hertford 1115– m. William ((III) (of Topcliffe) de) Percy 1112–1175
        6. 6. Roesia ((Rohese) de Clare Daughter of Richard FitzGilbert II de Clare Lord of Clare, 1st Earl of) Hertford 1123–1175 m. Robert FitzRobert –1175
    2. 2. Matilda ((Adeliza) de Taillebois Daughter of Ives de Taillebois Baron of Kendal, Earl of Anjou, and Lord of) Spalding 1092–1130 m. Hugh (II de Beauchamp Viscount of) Stafford 1087–1141
      1. 1. Payne ((Peganus) de Beauchamp Baron of Beauchamp, Lord of) Bedford 1112–1157 m. Rohese ((Rohesia) de Vere Countess of Essex, Founder & Prioress of Chicksands Priory, Daughter of Aubrey II (Albericus de Ver) de Vere 2nd Baron of) Oxford 1109–1166
        1. 1. Andilicia ((Andelicia, Adeline, Andeline, Alda) de Beauchamp Daughter of Payne (Peganus) de Beauchamp Baron of Beauchamp, Lord of) Bedford 1140–1180 m. William (II Malbank 3rd Baron of Wich Malbank, 5th Baron of) Shipbroke 1125–1176 m. William ((II) Malbank Baron of) Wich 1109–
        2. 2. Simon ((II) de Beauchamp Baron of) Bedford 1150–1206
      2. 2. Simon ((of Bedford) de) Beauchamp –1138
        1. 1. Hugh ((of Eaton Socon) de) Beauchamp –1187

Alfgar Mercia's Timeline

2 Records

1002
1002
Birth of Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England
1062
1062
Age 60
Death of Alfgar de Mercia Earl of Mercia in Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Coventry, Warwickshire, England

Sources

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

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1062
    Event Place: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
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