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Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia 1004–1086 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1004

Birth Location: Mercia, Lincolnshire, England

Death Date: 1086

Death Location: Witham, Lincolnshire, England

Father: Leofric Mercia

Mother: Godiva Mercia

Spouse(s): Thurfrida Arles

Children(s): Hereward Bourne

Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia was born in 1004 in Mercia, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Of Coventry Earl Of England Mercia And Godiva Godgifu Gift Of God Countess Of Conventry And Mercia. Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia married Thurfrida De Arles, and had children including Hereward De Bourne. Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia passed away in 1086 in Witham, Lincolnshire, England.

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Biography

  • Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia was born in 1004 in Mercia, Lincolnshire, England, the child of Leofric Iii Lord Of Coventry Earl Of England Mercia And Godiva Godgifu Gift Of God Countess Of Conventry And Mercia.
  • Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia married Thurfrida De Arles, and had children including Hereward De Bourne.
  • Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia passed away in 1086 in Witham, Lincolnshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Leofric Mercia
–1057
Birth Location: Mercia, Lincolnshire, , England
LM
Godiva Mercia
–1067
Birth Location: Coventry, Warwickshire, England
GM

Spouses(s)

Thurfrida Arles
1004–1103
Birth Location: Mercia, England
TA

Children(s)

Hereward Bourne
1025–1077
Birth Location: Bourne, Lincolnshire, England
HB

Hereward Mercia's Ancestors

Self
Hereward Mercia
1004–1086
Birth Place: Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
Parents
Leofric III, Lord of Coventry, Earl of England Mercia
–1057
Mercia, Lincolnshire, , England
Godiva ("Godgifu" Gift of God', Countess of Conventry and) Mercia
–1067
Coventry, Warwickshire, England
Grandparents
Leofwine (I Earl of Hwicce of) Mercia
Mercia, England
Alwara (Alward of East Angles Countess of Mercia Athelstansdottir) MANNESSON
Mercia, England
Great-Grandparents
Ordulf #2
Aelfwynn *
–1002
Athelstan Mannesson
–1016
Aelfwyn (England)
–1000
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ordgar DeMercia
–1002
Wulfrith Ordga
–1000

Hereward Mercia's Descendants

1.
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Hereward ("The Wake" of) Mercia (1004–1086) m. Thurfrida (de) Arles (1004–1103)
  1. 1. Hereward (De) Bourne 1025–1077 m. Emma England 1003–1068
    1. 1. Eustace Bourne 1044–1119 m. Elizabeth DeClare 1074–1117
      1. 1. Eustace Bourne 1101–1198 m. Lucy DeTaillebois 1101–1191
        1. 1. Richard Bourne 1121–1203 m. Lettia Scotland 1119–1178

Hereward Mercia's Timeline

2 Records

1004
1004
Birth of Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia in Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
1086
1086
Age 82
Death of Hereward "The Wake" of Mercia in Witham, Lincolnshire, England
Witham, Lincolnshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1004
    Event Place: Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1086
    Event Place: Witham, Lincolnshire, England
    Record Source: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
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