Alfgar, Earl of Mercia

Abt 1002 - 1059  (57 years)

• Name	Alfgar
  	His name is also spelt Elgar. [1]
  Birth	Abt 1002	Kingdom of Mercia   [2]
  Title(s)	1057 (55 years)  [1]
  He became the Earl of Mercia, but was banished in 1058.
  Death	1059  [2]
  Burial	Coventry, Warwickshire, England   [2]
  Siblings	1 brother
  + 1. Hereward of Mercia ▻ Thurfrida + 2. Alfgar, Earl of Mercia,   b. Abt 1002, Kingdom of Mercia d. 1059  (Age 57 years) ▻ Alfgifu;   Elfleda
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Edulph   (Great Grandfather)  Godiva,   b. Abt 980, Kingdom of Mercia d. 10 Sep 1067  (Age 87 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I6920	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2020

  
  

  Father	Leofric, Earl of Mercia,   b. 14 May 968, Kingdom of Mercia d. 31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Staffordshire, England (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Godiva,   b. Abt 980, Kingdom of Mercia d. 10 Sep 1067 (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F5111	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 1	Alfgifu,   b. Abt 997  [1]  Other Partners: Uchtred, Earldorman of Northumbria
  Family ID	F2297	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jun 2020

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Elfleda
  Children	+   1. Ealdgyth of Mercia,   b. Abt 1034, Kingdom of Mercia d. 1070 (Age 36 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales  m. Abt 1058;   Harold II Godwinsson, King of England  m. 1064 or Mar 1066
  Family ID	F5107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Alfgar, Earl of Mercia(Abt 1002 – 1059) 2Leofric, Earl of Mercia(968 – 1057) 4Leofwine, Earl of Mercia(Abt 950 – 1028) 8Edulph 16 17 9Ælfwynn of Mercia(888 – ) 18Æthelred II, Ealdorman of Mercia 19Æthelflæd(869 – 918) 5Alwara 10Athelstan Mannesson 20 21 11 22 23 3Godiva(Abt 980 – 1067) 6Thorold, Sheriff of Lincoln(Abt 955 – ) 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1002 - Kingdom of Mercia Burial - - Coventry, Warwickshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S67] Ancestral File (LDS), (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), Questionnable Source.