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Alwara, Countess of Mercia

Female Abt 950 - Abt 1030  (80 years)  Submit Photo / DocumentSubmit Photo / Document

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Alwara, Countess of Mercia was born about 950 in Mercia; died about 1030 in Mercia.

    Alwara married Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce in 967 in Mercia. Leofwine (son of Edulph and Ælfwyn) was born about 950 in Mercia; died in 1028 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Eadwine, III of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 970 in Mercia; died in 1039 in Mercia.
    2. 3. Northman Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 981 in Mercia; died on 25 Dec 1017.
    3. 4. Leofric Mercia, III Earl of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 990 in Mercia; died on 31 Aug 1057 in Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in St, Mary's Priory and Cathedral, Coventry, Mercia.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Eadwine, III of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alwara1) was born in 970 in Mercia; died in 1039 in Mercia.

  2. 3.  Northman Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alwara1) was born about 981 in Mercia; died on 25 Dec 1017.

  3. 4.  Leofric Mercia, III Earl of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (1.Alwara1) was born about 990 in Mercia; died on 31 Aug 1057 in Kings Bromley, Staffordshire, England; was buried in St, Mary's Priory and Cathedral, Coventry, Mercia.

    Leofric married Lady Godgifu (Godiva) "Lady Godiva", Countess of Mercia in 1030. Godgifu (daughter of Morcar Godgifu, High Reeve of Northumbria and Lady Eadgyth Algitha Morcan) was born about 990 in Mercia; died about 1076 in Coventry, Mercia; was buried in Coventry, Mercia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Ælfgar ap Mercia, Earl of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1000 in Mercia; died in 1062 in Mercia; was buried in Coventry, Mercia.


Generation: 3

  1. 5.  Ælfgar ap Mercia, Earl of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (4.Leofric2, 1.Alwara1) was born in 1000 in Mercia; died in 1062 in Mercia; was buried in Coventry, Mercia.

    Ælfgar married Ælfgifu, Lady of Northumbria in 1025 in Mercia. Ælfgifu (daughter of Æthelred "The UnReady" Wessex, II King of England and Ælfgifu, Queen of England) was born in 997 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Eadwyne ap Mercia, Earl of Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1028 in Mercia; died in 1070 in Mercia.
    2. 7. Morcar ap Mercia, Earl of Northumberland  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1028 in Mercia; died in 1089.
    3. 8. Burgheard ap Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030 in Mercia; died in 1061 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, République française.
    4. 9. Ealdgyth ap Mercia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1025 in Mersea Island, Essex, England; died after 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales.


Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Eadwyne ap Mercia, Earl of Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ælfgar3, 4.Leofric2, 1.Alwara1) was born about 1028 in Mercia; died in 1070 in Mercia.

  2. 7.  Morcar ap Mercia, Earl of Northumberland Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ælfgar3, 4.Leofric2, 1.Alwara1) was born about 1028 in Mercia; died in 1089.

  3. 8.  Burgheard ap Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ælfgar3, 4.Leofric2, 1.Alwara1) was born about 1030 in Mercia; died in 1061 in Reims, Marne, Champagne-Ardenne, République française.

  4. 9.  Ealdgyth ap Mercia Descendancy chart to this point (5.Ælfgar3, 4.Leofric2, 1.Alwara1) was born about 1025 in Mersea Island, Essex, England; died after 1086 in Rhuddlan Castle, Flintshire, Wales.

    Ealdgyth married Harold Godwinson, II, King of England in Jan 1066. Harold was born in 1022 in England; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 10. Harold Godwinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Nov 1066 in England; died in 1098.
    2. 11. Ulf Godwinson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Nov 1066 in England; died after 1087.

    Ealdgyth married Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, King of Wales about 1035. Gruffydd (son of Llywelyn ap Seisyll, King of Gwynedd and Deheubarth and Angharad verch Maredudd) was born in 1007 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died on 5 Aug 1063. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Nest ferch Gruffydd  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1036 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died after 1078.
    2. 13. Maredudd ap Gruffydd  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died in 1069.
    3. 14. Idwal ap Gruffydd  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1057 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales; died in 1069 in Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales.