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Thorald Sheriff of Lincoln
(Abt 0955-)
Godgifu
(Abt 1010-1067)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Leofric

Godgifu 1 2

  • Born: Abt 1010, <Mercia>, England
  • Marriage (1): Leofric by 1030
  • Died: 10 Sep 1067 about age 57
  • Buried: <Coventry, Warwickshire>, England

   Another name for Godgifu was Lady Godiva.

  Research Notes:

From Ancestral Roots, Line 176A-2:
"LEOFRIC... m. prob. by 1030 (pos. as her 2nd husb.) Godgifu (or Godiva), b. prob. abt. 1010, sister of Thorold of Buckingham, sheriff of Lincolnshire. Godgifu's ancestry is uncertain, but she was evidently of an old, noble family. She is the 'Lady Godiva' of legend. They had one known child... Aelfgar"

  Birth Notes:

FamilySearch has b. abt. 980, Mercia.


Godgifu married Leofric, son of Leofwine Earl of Mercia and Alwara, by 1030. (Leofric was born on 14 May 968 in Mercia, England and died on 31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Stafford, England.)

Sources

1 Weis, Frederick Lewis and Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr; William R. Beall and Kaleen E. Beall, eds, <i>Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700</i> (8th ed. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2008.), Line 176A-2 (Leofric).

2 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 17 Jul 2009.

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