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Leofric, Earl of Mercia
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Leofric of Mercia founded monasteries at Coventry and Much Wenlock and was a very powerful earl under King Cnut and his successors. Leofric was the husband of Godgifu.
Above: King Edward the Confessor and Earl Leofric of Mercia see the face of Christ appear in the Eucharistic host; below: the return of a ring given to a beggar who was John the Baptist in disguise. Thirteenth-century abridgement of Domesday Book
Above: King Edward the Confessor and Earl Leofric of Mercia see the face of Christ appear in the Eucharistic host; below: the return of a ring given t
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia
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Ælfgar was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his famous wife Godgifu. He succeeded to his father's title, Earl of Mercia, and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057. He gained the additio
Leofric, Earl of Mercia
…advice, the dispute was referred to the Witenagemot, which resulted in Earl Godwin and his family being outlawed for a time. In 1055 Leofric's son Ælfgar was outlawed, "without any fault", according to some versions of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Ælfgar went on to raise an army in Ireland and Wales and…
Roundel from the Guthlac Roll depicting various benefactors to St Guthlac's shrine, including King Æthelbald of Mercia, Abbot Thurketel and Earl Ælfga
Roundel from the Guthlac Roll depicting various benefactors to St Guthlac's shrine, including King Æthelbald of Mercia, Abbot Thurketel and Earl Ælfgar.