Familienstammbaum Willemse » Lady Godiva (Godgifu) of Mercia (980-1067)

Persönliche Daten Lady Godiva (Godgifu) of Mercia 

• Sie ist geboren im Jahr 980 in Coventrytown, Mercia, England.
• Beruf: Countess of Mercia, Lad of Mercia, Noblewoman.
• (Legend:) : The legend of the nude ride is first recorded in the 13th century, in the Flores Historiarum and the adaptation of it by Roger of Wendover. Despite its considerable age, it is not regarded as plausible by modern historians, nor is it mentioned in the two centuries intervening between Godiva's death and its first appearance, while her generous donations to the church receive various mentions. According to the typical version of the story, Lady Godiva took pity on the people of Coventry, who were suffering grievously under her husband's oppressive taxation. Lady Godiva appealed again and again to her husband, who obstinately refused to remit the tolls. At last, weary of her entreaties, he said he would grant her request if she would strip naked and ride on a horse through the streets of the town. Lady Godiva took him at his word, and after issuing a proclamation that all persons should stay indoors and shut their windows, she rode through the town, clothed only in her long hair. Just one person in the town, a tailor ever afterwards known as Peeping Tom, disobeyed her proclamation in what is the most famous instance of voyeurism. Some historians have discerned elements of pagan fertility rituals in the Godiva story, whereby a young "May Queen" was led to the sacred Cofa's tree, perhaps to celebrate the renewal of spring. The oldest form of the legend has Godiva passing through Coventry market from one end to the other while the people were assembled, attended only by two knights. This version is given in Flores Historiarum by Roger of Wendover (died 1236), a somewhat gullible collector of anecdotes. In a chronicle written by Richard Grafton in the 1560s, Grafton claimed the version given in Flores Historiarum originated from a "lost chronicle" written between 1216 and 1235 by the Prior of the monastery of Coventry..
• Sie ist verstorben am 10. September 1067 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England (Mercia), sie war 87 Jahre alt.
• Sie wurde begraben September 1067 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England.

Familie von Lady Godiva (Godgifu) of Mercia

Sie ist verheiratet mit Leofric Leofric III Ealdorman /Mercia Earl of Mercia III.

Sie haben geheiratet im Jahr 1030 in Mercia, England, sie war 50 Jahre alt.

Kind(er):

1. Ælfgar Alfgar of Mercia Earl of East Anglia of Mercia  1002-1062 
2. Leofwine of Mercia  1003-1066
3. Ælfgar of Mercia  ± 1020-1060

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