Leofric III of Mercia

     Leofric III of Mercia was born on 14 May 968 at Mercia.¹ He was the son of Leofwine of Mercia and Alwara of Mercia.¹ Leofric III of Mercia married Lady Godiva Countess of Mercia before 1002.¹ Leofric III of Mercia died on 31 August 1057 at Bromley, Stafford, England, at age 89...The renowned Leofric, son of the ealdorman Leofwine, of blessed memory, died in a good old age, at his own vill of Bromley, on the second of the calends of September [31st August], and was buried with great pomp at Coventry; which monastery, among the other good deeds of his life, he and his wife, the noble countess Godiva, a worshipper of God, and devoted friend of St. Mary, Ever-a-Virgin, had founded, and amply endowing it with lands on their own patrimony, had so enriched with all kinds of ornament, that no monastery could be found in England possessed of such abundance of gold....His son Algar was appointed to his earldom.^2,1