LEOFRIC

- 1057

 Set As Default Person

• 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 | Laviolette Ancestry
  Last Modified	4 Feb 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	4 Feb 2024

  
  

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  Documents

  Leofric, Earl of Mercia - Wikipedia

  
  

• 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'.