Mercia, Countess of Mercia "Lady" Godiva,^[1]

Abt 980 - 1067  (~ 87 years)

• Name	Mercia, "Lady" Godiva,
  Prefix	Countess of Mercia
  Born	Abt 980	of, Mercia, , England
  Gender	Female
  _UID	58FBECBC132782488A83B6F57382BB44ABD4
  Died	10 Sep 1067
  Buried	Coventry, , , England
  Person ID	I22622	NewFranceGenealogy
  Last Modified	16 May 2017

  
  

  Father	Sheriff of Lincoln Thorold,   b. Abt 950
  Family ID	F9682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Earl of Mercia Leofric III,   b. 975, of, Mercia, , England ,   d. 31 Aug 1057, Bromley, Stafford, England  (Age 82 years)  [1]
  _UID	A5876DC43D2C6E4D9F3740F341781C87E6C7
  Children	+ 1. Earl of Mercia Alfgar Iii,   b. Abt 1002, of, Mercia, England ,   d. 1059  (Age ~ 57 years) + 2. Lord of Bourne Hereward,   b. Abt 1004, of, Mercia, , England   3. de Mercia,   b. Abt 1006, , , Mercia, England
  Last Modified	27 May 2017
  Family ID	F9681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  !or of Coventry, Warwick, England. Name more accurately spelled Godgifu. Noted for her legendary ride through Coventry, England. Her husband Leofric, Earl of Mercia, promised to reduce the people of Coventry's heavy taxes if she rode naked through the city streets on a white horse. "Peeping Tom" alone essayed to gaze upon the spectacle.

  
  

• Sources

  [S353] Adam gedcom from AQ (Reliability: 0).