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Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia 1025–1086 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1025

Birth Location: Mercia, England

Death Date: abt 1086

Death Location: Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales

Father: Alfgar Mercia

Mother: Ælfgifu Wessex

Spouse(s): Harald II, Gruffydd Llewelyn

Children(s): Gytha Kiev, Princess Wales

Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia was born in 1025 in Mercia, England, the child of Alfgar Earl Of Mercia And Lfgifu Of Wessex. Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia married Gruffydd Prince Of Wales Ap Llewelyn, Harald Godwinsson King Of England Ii, and had children including Gytha Haraldsdatter Grand Princess Of Kiev, Princess Nesta Verch Gruffydd Of Wales. Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales.

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Biography

  • Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia was born in 1025 in Mercia, England, the child of Alfgar Earl Of Mercia And Lfgifu Of Wessex.
  • Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia married Gruffydd Prince Of Wales Ap Llewelyn, Harald Godwinsson King Of England Ii, and had children including Gytha Haraldsdatter Grand Princess Of Kiev, Princess Nesta Verch Gruffydd Of Wales.
  • Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia passed away in 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Queen Mercia's Ancestors

Self
Queen Mercia
1025–1086
Birth Place: Mercia, England
Parents
Alfgar Earl of Mercia
1002–1059
Mercia, Lincolnshire, England
Ælfgifu (of) Wessex
1002–1092
Wessex
Grandparents
Leofric (de Mercia) III
–1057
Lincoln, Mercia, England
Lady Godgifu
–1067
Mercia, England
Æthelred (the Unready King of England) II
–1016
Wessex, England
Ælfgifu Northumbria
–1002
Wessex, England, Great Britain
Great-Grandparents
King Mercia
Elfleda Mercia
Thorold Bukenthall
–1057
Edith Malet
–1057
Uchtred Northumbria
–1016
Ecgfrida Aldhun
1000–1087
Ealdorman Gunnarsson
Hilda Crepon
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Roi Mercie
Mrs Mercia
William Malet
Helena Crispin
Waltheof I
–1006
Elfreda England
–1002
Aldhun Durham
–1018
Alffaed Gunnarson
–1002
Ealdorman Deira
Herfast Crepon
Gunhild Olafsdatter
–1002

Queen Mercia's Descendants

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Queen (Ealdgyth de) Mercia (1025–abt 1086) m. Harald (Godwinsson King of England) II (1022–14 Oct 1066) m. Gruffydd ((Prince of Wales) Ap) Llewelyn (1011–5 Aug 1063)
  1. 1. Gytha (Haraldsdatter Grand Princess of) Kiev 1053–1107 m. Vladimir (Monomakh Grand Prince of Kiev) II 1053–1125
    1. 1. Mstislav (Grand Princes of Kiev) I 1076–1132 m. Liubava (Dmitrievna) Zavidich 1100–1167
      1. 1. Princess Evfrosiniya 1130–1186 m. Géza (of Hungary) II 1130–1161
        1. 1. Béla III 1148–1196 m. Agnes (de) Chatillon 1154–1184
  2. 2. Princess (Nesta Verch Gruffydd of) Wales 1055–1081 m. Osborn (Fitz Richard 2nd Baron of) Burford 1049–1100
    1. 1. Nesta ((Agnes)) FitzOsbern 1079–1163 m. Bernard (De) Neufmarché 1050–1125
      1. 1. Sybil (de) Neufmarché 1096–1143 m. Miles (de FitzWalter of Gloucester, 1st Earl of Hereford, Lord of) Brecknock 1097–1143
        1. 1. Bertha (of) Hereford 1130–1204 m. William (de Braose 3rd Lord of Bramber) II 1100–1192

Queen Mercia's Timeline

3 Records

1025
1025
Birth of Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia in Mercia, England
Mercia, England
1086
abt 1086
Age 61
Death of Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarfan, Gwynedd, Wales
Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarfan, Gwynedd, Wales
1086
abt 1086
Age 61
Death of Queen Ealdgyth de Mercia in Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales
Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1025
    Event Place: Mercia, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1086
    Event Place: Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarfan, Gwynedd, Wales

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: abt 1086
    Event Place: Rhuddlan Castle, Carnarvan, Wales

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