Leofwine, Earl of Mercia

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Leofwine (c.950-1028), was an Ealdorman in Mercia. He is mentioned as Wicciarum Prouinciarum dux[1] (Ealdorman of Hwicce) in 997.

Leofwine may have been related by marriage to the family of Ælfgifu of Northampton.[2] The chronicles mention four children of Leofwine, their order of birth is unknown:


[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Charter: S 891
  2. ^ Ann Williams, "Leofric" in M. Lapidge (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0-631-22492-0
  3. ^ a b The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
  4. ^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ed. M. Swanton (1996), p. 294.

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