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Ealdgyth of Mercia 1034 – 1086 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1034

Birth Location: Mercia, England

Death Date: 1086

Death Location: Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

Father: Earl Ælfgar

Mother: Elfgifu East

Spouse(s): Gruffydd Llywelyn, Harold England

Children(s): Edward Atheling, Edmund Wessex, Nesta Gruffydd, Nest Gruffydd, I Gospatrick, Aethelreda England, Maldred Maldred, Gruffydd ApLlewellyn, Griffith ApLlewllyn

Ealdgyth of Mercia was born in 1034 in Mercia, England, the child of Earl of Mercia Ælfgar and Elfgifu Pincess England Countess East. Ealdgyth of Mercia married Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Harold Godwinson, King of England, and had children including Edward Atheling, Edmund Wessex, Nesta Verch Gruffydd, Nest ferch Gruffydd, I Gospatrick, Aethelreda England, Maldred Fitz Maldred, Gruffydd Vychan ApLlewellyn, Griffith ApLlewllyn. Ealdgyth of Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

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Biography

  • Ealdgyth of Mercia was born in 1034 in Mercia, England, the child of Earl of Mercia Ælfgar and Elfgifu Pincess England Countess East.
  • Ealdgyth of Mercia married Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, Harold Godwinson, King of England, and had children including Edward Atheling, Edmund Wessex, Nesta Verch Gruffydd, Nest ferch Gruffydd, I Gospatrick, Aethelreda England, Maldred Fitz Maldred, Gruffydd Vychan ApLlewellyn, Griffith ApLlewllyn.
  • Ealdgyth of Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.

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Ealdgyth Mercia's Ancestors

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Ealdgyth Mercia
1034 – 1086
Birth Place: Mercia, England
Parents
Earl of Mercia Ælfgar
1002 – 1059
Mercia, England
Elfgifu (Pincess England Countess) East
1002 – 1098
Wessex, England
Grandparents
Leofric (III Earl of) Mercia
– 1057
Mercia, England
Godiva (Godifu "Lady Godiva" ***Countess of) Mercia
– 1067
Mercia, England
Great-Grandparents
Leofwine Mercia
– 1028
Alwara Athelstansdottar
– 1002
Thorold Lincoln
Edith ***
– 1057
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Ealdgyth Mercia's Descendants

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Ealdgyth (of) Mercia (1034 – 1086) m. Gruffydd (ap) Llywelyn (1007 – 5 Aug 1063) m. Harold (Godwinson, King of) England
  1. 1. Edward Atheling (1016 – 1057)
  2. 2. Edmund Wessex (1016 – )
  3. 3. Nesta (Verch) Gruffydd (1024 – )
  4. 4. Nest (ferch) Gruffydd (1030 – 1058) m. Osbern FitzRichard
    1. 1. Nest (ferch) Osbern m. Bernard (de Neufmarché Lord of) Brecon
      1. 1. Sibyl (de) Neufmarché (1100 – Aft. 1143) m. 1st (Earl of Hereford Lord of Brecknock Miles FitzWalter of) Gloucester
        1. 1. Bertha (of) Hereford m. 3rd (Lord of Bramber William de) Braose (1135 – 1179)
  5. 5. I Gospatrick (1040 – 15 Dec 1072)
  6. 6. Aethelreda England (1042 – 1099)
  7. 7. Maldred (Fitz) Maldred (1045 – 1084)
  8. 8. Gruffydd (Vychan) ApLlewellyn ( – 1118)
  9. 9. Griffith ApLlewllyn ( – 1050)

Ealdgyth Mercia's Timeline

2 Records

1034
1034
Birth of Ealdgyth of Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England
1086
1086
Age 52
Death of Ealdgyth of Mercia in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales
Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1034
    Event Place: Mercia, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1086
    Event Place: Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales

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