Leofric of Mercia I

• Preferred Name: Leofric of Mercia I^[1]
  
• Gender: M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Earl of Leicester
  
• Death: 757 in Mercia, Kingdom at LATI: N5 LONG: E8
  
• FSID: 99VK-V7M
  
• http://familysearch.org/v1/TitleOfNobility: with note: Description: Earl of Mercia
  
• Alt.+Birth: 716
  
• Other: ABT 780
  
• Birth: 705 in Mercia, Kingdom at LATI: N5 LONG: E8
  
• Notes:

  === !Leofric is first on the chart of Earls ===
  !Leofric is first on the chart of Earls of Leicester, one of the seven boroughs. His father, Aelfwald is listed as the last king of East Anglia, but Aethelwald, probably the eldest of the family is known to have become King of Northumbria about the time East Anglia ceased as a kingdom in 749. Leofric was earl under Aethelbald, King of Mercia,
  
  === dead ===
  dead

• m. BEF 730 in England

1. Ælfgar of Mercia I, b. ABT 757 in Mersea Island, Kingdom of Essex     d. 839 in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England

1. Title: FAMILY of LEOFWINE EALDORMAN of MERCIA, later EARLS of MERCIA
   Author: This alleged ancestry should be treated with considerable caution
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20nobility.htm#AelfthrythM2Edgar;
   Note: none