Godwine of Mercia

• Preferred Name: Godwine of Mercia^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 1039 in Staffordshire, England at LATI: N2.7795 LONG: E1.9171 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• Birth: 979 in Balterley, Newcastle Under Lyme, Staffordshire, England at LATI: N3.0112 LONG: E2.2281 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• FSID: GZWD-L2X
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Godwine was a younger son of Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce.
  He was brother of Northman of Twywell, Leofric Earl of Mercia, and Eadwine. Wulfric Spot may also have been a brother or half-brother.
  
  Godwine is identified as having died between 1055 and 1058.
  He is also identified as the parent of Aethelwine, who was mutilated by the Danes and was alive in 1066.
  
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• m. ABT 1015 in England

• m. 1008 in Leek, Staffordshire, England

1. Wolfric Mercia Lord of Leek, Aldithley and Balterley, b. 1009 in Leek, Staffordshire, England     d. 1059

1. Title: Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine,_Ealdorman_of_the_Hwicce;
   Note: Leofwine (died in or after 1023) was appointed Ealdorman of the Hwicce by King Æthelred the Unready of England in 994. The territory of the Hwicce was a kingdom in the Western Midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon period, which soon became a subdivision of Mercia. Leofwine was the son of Ælfwine, who is otherwise unknown, but the family appears to have originated in the East Midlands. Leofwine and his sons were considered by the See of Worcester as spoliators who seized church land, but East Midlands religious establishments regarded them as benefactors.[1][2] Under Æthelred, Leofwine's sphere of office was in the Hwicce areas of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, but these counties were given to Danes by King Cnut soon after he gained the throne in 1016. However, Leofwine kept his rank and may have been appointed Ealdorman of Mercia in 1017 in succession to Eadric Streona, but Leofwine's eldest son Northman was murdered on Cnut's orders in the same year. Leofwine is last recorded in surviving charters in 1023, when he was named as witness, and probably died soon afterwards. His son Leofric was Earl of Mercia by 1032. Leofwine had two others sons, Edwine, who died at the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes in 1039, and Godwine.[1][2] References Williams, Ann (2004). "Leofric, earl of Mercia (d. 1057), magnate". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/16470. Retrieved 13 November 2015. (subscription or UK public library membership required) Williams, Ann (1991). "Leofwine ealdorman 994-1023/32". In Williams, Ann; Smyth, Alfred P.; Kirby, D. P. (eds.). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain. Seaby. ISBN 978-1-85264-047-7.
   
2. Title: Godwine in the record of Northman, son of Leofwine From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   Publication: Name: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northman,_son_of_Leofwine#Family_and_status;
   Note: Family and status In the account of Northman's death by order of Cnut the Great, the chronicler John of Worcester styled Northman "...son of Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce", Dux ("duke", "ealdorman" or "warlord"). He is described as a brother of Leofric comes ("count" or "ealdorman").[1] No other source claims that Northman was an ealdorman, and so the authenticity of this account is in doubt.[2] Northman was the eldest of four known sons of Ealdorman Leofwine.[3] The others were Leofric, later Earl of Mercia, Eadwine (died 1039), and Godwine (died 1055).[4] Ealdorman Leofwine's father was a man named Ælfwine. Ælfwine is difficult to identify, but was possibly the Ælfwine killed at the Battle of Maldon in 991, and was possibly a son of Ælfric Cild, ealdorman of Mercia between 983 and 985.[5]
   Page: Identifies Godwine as one of the sons of Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce. Identifies his oldest brother as Northman who held Twywell in Northamptonshire. Other brothers were Leofric Earl of Mercia, and Eadwine (who died 1039). Identifies Godwine's death in 1055
   
3. Title: Family of Ealdorman Leofwine
   Author: The Earls of Mercia Lordship and Power in Late Anglo-Saxon England By Stephen Baxter Page 18
   Publication: Name: https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/149118835;
   Note: Family of Leofwine Family diagram
   Page: Identifies Godwine as a son of Ealdorman Leofwine, brother of Northman, Leofric Earl of Mercia, Eadwine, and an unknown 5th child. Identifies Godwine's death between 1055 and 1058 Identifies Godwine as the father of Æthelwine, who was mutilated by Danes and alive in 1066
   
4. Title: The Family
   Publication: Name: https://electricscotland.com/webclans/minibios/c/FAMILY_BOOK_VolI.pdf;