LEOFRIC
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Name LEOFRIC, Gender Male Differentiator Leofric is most remembered as the husband of Lady Godiva. Relation to Me 33 GGF Royalty & Nobility Earl of Mercia Death 31 Aug 1057 Person ID I9292 My Genealogy Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
Father LEOFWINE d. 1023 Relationship natural Family ID F7034 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Lady Godiva d. Aft 1066 Children 1. AELFGAR Earl of Mercia d. 1060 [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] Family ID F7033 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 15 Jul 2024
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Documents Leofric, Earl of Mercia - Wikipedia
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Notes - Historians disagree extensively on the character of Leofric. Folklore tends to depict him as an unfeeling overlord who imposed over-taxation, whereas many historians object to this, and consider it as part of the Lady Godiva myth; they suggest that he was a strong and respected leader. There is also great disagreement over his reputation as a military leader: some historians believe Leofric to have been weak in this respect, but others go as far as to give him the title 'Hammer of the Welsh'.