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Godgifu Thoraldsdotter (Lady Godiva) b. about 1010 d. 10 September 1067
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| Lineage | Buckenhall |
| Sex | Female |
| Full name (at birth) | Godgifu Thoraldsdotter |
| Other last names | Lady Godiva |
| Other given names | Godgyfu, Godiva |
| Parents
♂ Thorald Buckenhall [Buckenhall] b. 985 | |
| Wiki-page | wikipedia:Lady Godiva |
Events
about 1010 birth: Buckenhall Lincs England
marriage: ♂ Leofric III Leofwineson (Hereward) [Atheling] b. 14 May 978 d. 31 August 1057
before 1032 child birth: Coventry (England), ♂ Ælfgar Leofricson (Buckenhall) [Buckenhall] b. before 1032 d. 1064
10 September 1067 death: Coventry (England)
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She is mentioned in the Domesday survey as one of the few Anglo-Saxons and the only woman to remain a major landholder shortly after the conquest leading many historans to speculate regarding her origins and ties to the Normans.
[edit] Sources
- ↑ Liber Eliensis. Trinity College, Cambridge MS O.2.1 - A relative of King Knut of Dacia
- ↑ Chronicon Abbatum et Episcoporum Eliensium. Oxford MS Laud 647 -
- ↑ Lady Godiva: a literary history of the legend By Daniel Donoghue - Author explores the Godiva legend in context of local and regional politics and religion
- ↑ http://www.stirnet.com/genie/data/british/xyz/zzmisc03.php#top -
From grandparents to grandchildren
death: before 1080
marriage: ♀ Godgifu Thoraldsdotter (Lady Godiva)
death: 31 August 1057, Bromley, Staffordshire, England
title: 1039 - 1063, King of Gwynedd
title: 1039 - 1063, King of Powys
marriage: 1050
title: 1055 - 1063, King of Deheubarth
title: 1055 - 1063, King of Gwent
title: 1055 - 1063, King of Glywysing
title: 1055 - 1063, King of Wales
divorce: 1057
death: 5 August 1063, Bannockburn, Stirling, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
marriage: ♀ w Edith (Ealdgyth) of Mercia
