22nd Generation


Family of Ælfgifu of England (1033) & Earl Ælfgar III of East Anglia (1041)

1307. Edith of Mercia. Edith died bef 1080.

Edith first married Gruffudd ap Llyewelyn King of Wales, son of Llywelyn ap Seissyllt King of Gwynedd (980-1023) & Angharad verch Meredudd. Born ca 1011 in Rhuddlan, Wales. Gruffudd died on 5 Aug 1063.

Their children include:
1681 i. Nest verch Gruffydd (ca 1055/1057-)

Edith second married King Harold II of England, son of Earl Godwin of Essex (ca 1000-15 Apr 1053) & Gytha Thorgilsdatter (ca 1000-ca 1067). Born ca 1020 in Wessex. Harold II died on 14 Oct 1066 in the Battle of Hastings. Buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex.

Harold II of Wessex was slain at the Battle of Hastings, 1066, which marked the beginning of Norman rule of England.

1308. Lucia of Mercia. Born ca 1040. Lucia died in Spalding, Lincolnshire.

Lucia married Ivo de Taillebois, son of Reinfred de Taillebois. Born ca 1036 in Yorkshire, England. Ivo died in 1094.

Their children include:
1682 i. Eldred de Taillebois of Kendal (ca 1056-)
1683 ii. Lucy de Taillebois (-aft 1130)


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