Leofwine from Mercia
Leofwine (fl. 994 to 1023) was appointed Ealdorman of the Hwicce in 994 by King Æthelred of England . The territory of the Hwicce was a kingdom on the western central plateau in the early Anglo-Saxon period that soon became part of Mercia .
Leofwine was a son of Ælfwine, who is otherwise unknown. The family appears to be from the East Midlands . Leofwine and his sons have been remembered by the Worcester Church as spoliators who confiscated church grounds, but also as benefactors of religious institutions in the East Midlands.
Under Æthelred, Leofwine's jurisdiction was in the Hwicce areas of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire , but these counties were given to Danes by King Canute soon after he ascended the throne in 1016. Leofwine retained his rank, however, and was possibly named Ealdorman of Mercia after Eadric Streona's murder in 1017 - in the same year Leofwine's eldest son Northman was killed on the orders of Canute. Leofwine was last registered as a witness in a charter in 1023 and probably died soon after, probably before 1032. His son Leofric was Earl of Mercia around 1032. Leofwine had two other sons, Edwin, who died at the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes in 1039, and Godwin, who died shortly before 1056.
Remarks
- ^ A b Ann Wiliams (2004) Leofric, earl of Mercia (d. 1057), magnate , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press., Accessed November 13, 2015
- ↑ a b Ann Williams (1991), Leofwine ealdorman 994-1023 / 32 . In: Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth, DP Kirby (Eds.). A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain . Seaby. ISBN 978-1-85264-047-7 .
- ↑ Michael Swanton (Ed., 1996), The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle , p. 294
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Leofwine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Ealdorman the Hwicce, Earl of Mercia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 1023 and 1032 |