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Ælfgar (died c. 1062) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his
famous wife
Godgifu (Lady Godiva). He
succeeded to his father's title, Earl of Mercia...
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Ælfgar is an Anglo-Saxon
masculine personal name, from ælf "elf" and gar "spear", that may
refer to:
Ælfgar of
Lichfield (died c. 947),
bishop of Lichfield...
- 1057–1066), also
Aldgyth or
Edith in
modern English, was a
daughter of
Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of
Gruffudd ap
Llywelyn (d. 1063),
ruler of all...
- height, but in 1055 Leofric's own son
Ælfgar was outlawed, "without any fault", says the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
Ælfgar raised an army in
Ireland and Wales...
- and
Ralph died, and Leofric's son
Ælfgar succeeded as Earl of Mercia,
while Harold's
brother Gyrth succeeded Ælfgar as Earl of East Anglia. The fourth...
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Rhydderch in
battle and
recaptured Deheubarth.
Gruffudd allied himself with
Ælfgar, son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, who had been
deprived of his
earldom of...
- son of
Ælfgār, Earl of
Mercia and
grandson of Leofric, Earl of Mercia. He
succeeded to his father's
title and
responsibilities on
Ælfgār's death in...
- English: Mōrcǣr, Old Norse: Mǫrukári) (died
after 1087) was the son of
Ælfgār (earl of Mercia) and
brother of Ēadwine. He was the earl of Northumbria...
- name Ælfgifu upon her
marriage to Æthelred the
Unready Ælfgifu, wife of
Ælfgar, Earl of
Mercia Ælfgifu,
daughter of Godwin, Earl of Wes****, and sister...
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Ælfgar (Algar),
according to 16th-century
antiquarian John Leland, was a
saint venerated at a
chapel in the
forest of Selwood,
three miles from
Mells (near...
