GODIVA (GODGIFU) Lady Of Coventry 
GODIVA (GODGIFU) was born in 0980.1 She died at the age of 87 on September 10th, 1067.1 General Notes
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HISTANGLO-SAXON NOBLEWOMAN.
HISTGODIVA IS KNOWN TO HAVE INFLUENCED HER HUSBAND , LEOFRIC III, IN THE F
OUNDING OF MONASTARIES IN COVENTRY AND STOW (1043).
HIS TACCORDING TO LEGEND, SHE OBTAINED A REDUCTION IN TAXES LEVIED BY H
ER HUSBAND O N THE PEOPLE OF COVENTRY BY CONSENTING TO RIDE NAKED THROU
GH TOWN ON A WHITE HO RSE.
GODIVA (GODGIFU) and LEOFRIC III were married in a religious ceremony in 1002.2 They had two sons named AELFGAR and HEREWARD.
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Children
AELFGAR Earl Of Mercia
AELFGAR was born in 1002 in MERCIA, ENGLAND.1 He died at the age of 60 in 1062.1
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