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:
- Northman, killed in 1017.[3]
- Edwin, killed in battle in 1039.[3]
- Godwin, died some time before 1056.[4]
- Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Charter: S 891
- ^ Ann Williams, "Leofric" in M. Lapidge (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0-631-22492-0
- ^ a b The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
- ^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ed. M. Swanton (1996), p. 294.
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