Earl Hereward of Mercia I

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Earl Hereward of Mercia I

Hereward was born in 1038 in Mercia, England.¹ Hereward's father was Hereward (le Wake) Mercia and his mother was Torfrida de Arles. His paternal grandparents were Leofric (The Great) Mercia III and Godgifu of Coventry. He had a brother and a sister, named Leofric and Thurfrida. He was the youngest of the three children.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Ordgar ^*
  - b.0910 in Devron
  
  Edulph of Wessex
  - b.0921 in Mercia, England
  
  Wulfrith (Redburch)
  - b.0923
  
  Earl of Mercia Leofwine
  - b.0950 in Mercia, England d.1028
  
  Duke of Mercia Aethelred of Ealdorman II ^*
  - b.0870 in Mercia, England d.0912
  
  Elfwina of Mercia
  - b.0905 in Mercia, England
  
  Queen of Mercia Aethelflaeda of Mercia ^*
  - b.0869 in Mercia, England d.12 Jun 0919 in St. Peters, Gloucestershire, England
  
  Leofric (The Great) Mercia III
  - b.14 May 0975 in Mercia, England d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England
  
  Athelstan Mannesson
  - b.0925 in Mercia, England
  
  Alwara of Mercia
  - b.0950 in Mercia, England
  
  <Unknown>
  
  Hereward (le Wake) Mercia
  - b.1004 in Mercia, England d.1080 in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England
  
  Sheriff of Lincoln Thorold of Buckingham
  - b.0955 in Mercia, England
  
  Godgifu of Coventry
  - b.1010 in Coventry, Warwick, England d.10 Sep 1067 in Coventry, Warwick, England
  
  Beatrice Malet
  
  Earl Hereward of Mercia I
  - b.1038 in Mercia, England
  
  Torfrida de Arles
  - b.1014 in Lincolnshire, England d.1085 in Crowland, Lincolnshire, England
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

Details of Hereward's family with <Unknown>

¹ http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=michaelrneuman&id=I016329&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=michaelrneuman&id=I002251

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