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• Hij is geboren in het jaar 1017 in Mercia, England.Bron 1
• Titel: Earl of Mercia
• (Alternative Name) : Alfgar Gruffydd Malet.
• Hij is overleden in het jaar 1063 in Coventry, Warwickshire, hij was toen 46 jaar oud.Bron 1
• Hij is begraven in het jaar 1059 in Coventry, Warwickshire.

  Let op: Begraven (??-??-1059) voor overlijden (??-??-1063).

• Een kind van LEOFRIC II OF MERCIA en GODIVA OF LINCOLN

Gezin van AELFGAR II OF MERCIA

Hij is getrouwd met AELGIFU OF WESSEX.

Zij zijn getrouwd in het jaar 1038 te Mercia, England, hij was toen 21 jaar oud.

Kind(eren):

1. Morcar of NORTHUMBRIA  1045-1071
2. Burgheard of MERCIA  1048-1061
3. Edwin of MERCIA  1042-1071
4. ESTMOND OF MERCIA  1040-???? 
5. LUCIA OF MERCIA  1040-????
6. AELDGYTH OF MERCIA  1039-± 1086 

Notities over AELFGAR II OF MERCIA

Ælfgar (died c. 1060) was the son of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, by his well-known mother Godgifu (Lady Godiva). He succeeded to his father's title and responsibilities on the latter's death in 1057. He gained the additional title of Earl of East Anglia, but also was exiled for a time. Through the first marriage of his daughter he would become father-in-law of the Welsh king Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, and through her second marriage he would also eventually become the father-in-law of English King Harold.

Ælfgar profited from the exile of Earl Godwin of Wessex and his sons in 1051. He was given the Earldom of East Anglia, which had been that of Harold, son of Godwin. Earl Godwin and King Edward were reconciled the following year, so Harold was restored to his earldom-but not for long. At Easter 1053 Godwin died, so Harold became Earl of Wessex, and the earldom of East Anglia returned to Ælfgar.

Ælfgar seems to have learned from the tactics Godwin used to put pressure on King Edward. When he was himself exiled in 1055, he raised a fleet of 18 ships in Ireland and then turned to Wales, where King Gruffydd agreed to join forces with him against King Edward. Two miles from Hereford, on 24 October, they clashed with the army of the Earl of Herefordshire, Ralph the Timid. The Earl and his men eventually took flight, and Gruffydd and Ælfgar pursued them, killing and wounding as they went, and enacting savage reprisals on Hereford. They despoiled and burnt the town, killing many of its citizens. King Edward ordered an army mustered and put Earl Harold in charge of it. This was more formidable opposition, and Ælfgar and Gruffydd fled to South Wales. However the issue was resolved by diplomacy and Earl Ælfgar was reinstated.

Ælfgar is known to have had at least four children. One son, Burgheard, predeceased his father, expiring while returning from Rome early in 1060 and was buried at Reims. This led Ælfgar to give to Reims Abbey lands in Staffordshire and Shropshire, which became the endowment for Lapley Priory. He was survived by three children, two sons, Edwin, later Earl of Mercia, and Morcar, later Earl of Northumbria, and a daughter Ealdgyth, who was first married to Welsh king Gruffydd ap Llywelyn and later to Harold Godwinson, King of England.

Ælfgar is believed to have died in 1060, well before the Battle of Hastings. His daughter's children, and the defeated King Harold, are believed to have lived in exile.
SOURCE: Wikipedia

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