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3 giorni fa · Gruffydd's position as King of Wales was further strengthened in 1057 when his friend and ally, Ælfgar, Earl of East Anglia, inherited Mercia on the death of his father, Earl Leofric. Their alliance was cemented by a dynastic marriage between Gruffydd and Ældyth , Ælfgar's daughter, around this time. [12]
26 mag 2024 · Before the Conquest WENDLEBURY was held by 'Asgar', who is to be identified with Esegar the staller, Sheriff of Middlesex, rather than with Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia. (fn. 29) The Conqueror granted the village to Geoffrey de Mandeville, (fn. 30) whose grandson of the same name was created Earl of Essex by King Stephen.
14 mag 2024 · Leofric Earl of Mercia (14 May 968 - 31 Aug 1057 ... Abt 999: Coventry, Warwickshire, England - Godiva of Mercia: Burial: 1057: ... Ælfgar EARL OF MERCIA ...
25 mag 2024 · Before the Conquest WARKTON was the property of Ælgifu, wife of Earl Ælfgar and mother of Earl Morcar. It was given to the abbey of Bury St. Edmund by Queen Maud, wife of the Conqueror, and continued to be held with other possessions of Ælfgar which the abbey acquired in Scaldwell, Boughton and East Farndon.
4 giorni fa · According to the Abbot and convent of Evesham it had been granted to their house for the support of the monks by Earl Ælfgar with the consent of King Edward the Confessor, while the Worcester monks stated that it had belonged to them ever since the end of the 9th century, though they do not seem to have been quite certain whether ...
20 mag 2024 · Deborah Castle. St Peter's Collegiate Church is located in central Wolverhampton, England. For many centuries it was a chapel royal and from 1480 a royal peculiar, independent of the Diocese of Lichfield and even the Province of Canterbury. The collegiate church was central to the development of the town of Wolverhampton, much of which belonged ...
5 giorni fa · Harold. Earl of Wessex (richest) 1053, succeeded Earl Godwin. Mercia. Only major earldom not controlled by Godwins; Aelfgar was the earl. Political marriages. 1) Edith married Edward the Confessor. 2) Harold was married to Aelfgar's daughter between 1057-62. 3) Harold married Edith the Fair - influential in East Anglia.
