Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce

Please see Darrell Wolcott: Edwin of Tegeingl and His Family - The Ancestry of Edwin of Tegeingl; http://www.ancientwalesstudies.org/id42.html. (Steven Ferry, June 4, 2020.)

In the above cite, Darrell Wolcott indicates that Eadwine was probably a brother of Leofwine. The Wikipedia article on Leofwine indicates that his father was named AElfwine, who is otherwise unknown: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine,_Ealdorman_of_the_Hwicce. Medlands, which presents the ancestry line previously found in Geni, cautions thus: "The following supposed ancestry of Leofwine Ealdorman of Mercia is taken from the Genealogia Fundatoris of Coventry Monastery[298]. Most of the details have not been confirmed in other primary sources. It should be noted that the chronology is extended. Freeman dates this document to no earlier than the reign of King John[299]. This alleged ancestry should be treated with considerable caution." (Steven Ferry, June 4, 2020.)

Please see Wikipedia; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine,_Ealdorman_of_the_Hwicce; as well as Oxford Dictionary of National Biography; https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0.... (Steven Ferry, June 4, 2020.)

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Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce (c. 950 – 1028), was an ealdorman of the Hwicce people in Mercia. He is mentioned as Wicciarum Prouinciarum dux[1] Ealdorman of Hwicce in 997.

Leofwine may have been related by marriage to the family of Ælfgifu of Northampton.[2] The chronicles mention four children of Leofwine, their order of birth is unknown:

   * Northman, killed in 1017.[3]

* Eadwine, killed in battle in 1039.[3]
* Godwine, died some time before 1056.[4]
* Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
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LEOFWINE, son of [LEOFRIC & his wife ---] (-1023). "Leofwine dux" subscribed charters of King Edward in 976 and 977, and of King Æthelred II dated between 994 and 1015[206], the charter dated 997 specifying that he was "Leofwine Wicciarium-Provinciarum dux"[207]. King Æthelred II granted "Leofwine dux" land in Warwickshire under a charter dated 998[208]. Ealdorman of the Hwicce in Mercia.

m ---. The name of Leofwine's wife is not known.

Leofwine & his wife had four children:

a) WULFRIC (-killed in battle Ringmere 5 May 1010). Roger of Hoveden names Wulfric as son of Leofwine when recording his death fighting the Danes[209]. Simeon of Durham names "Wlfric the son of Leofwin" among those killed in battle by the Danes "in East Anglia…Ringmere"[210].

b) NORTHMAN (-murdered 1017[211]). The Genealogia Fundatoris of Coventry Monastery names “Leofricum postea comitem, et Edwinum occisum per Walenses, et Normannum occisum cum Edrico duce Merciorum per Cnutonem regem” as sons of “Leofwinus comes Leicestriæ”[212]. "Northman dux" subscribed a charter of King Æthelred II dated 994[213]. Florence of Worcester records that "Norman son of Leofwin the ealdorman" was killed on the orders of King Canute at the same time as Eadric "Streona"[214]. Ealdorman of Mercia. Simeon of Durham records that "(though guiltless) duke Northman the son of duke Leofwin, the brother of earl Leofric" was among those killed at the same time as Eadric "Streona" in 1017[215]. ”Leofricus comes…et conjux mea Godgyve” donated property to Evesham Monastery by undated charter which names “frater meus Normannus”[216].

c) LEOFRIC (-30 Oct 1057, bur Coventry). The Genealogia Fundatoris of Coventry Monastery names “Leofricum postea comitem, et Edwinum occisum per Walenses, et Normannum occisum cum Edrico duce Merciorum per Cnutonem regem” as sons of “Leofwinus comes Leicestriæ”[217]. Simeon of Durham records that King Canute appointed "Leofric" as Earl of Mercia after his brother Northman was killed in 1017[218], although this was apparently during the lifetime of their father.

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d) EADWIN (-killed in battle 1039). The Genealogia Fundatoris of Coventry Monastery names “Leofricum postea comitem, et Edwinum occisum per Walenses, et Normannum occisum cum Edrico duce Merciorum per Cnutonem regem” as sons of “Leofwinus comes Leicestriæ”[219]. "Edwin the ealdorman's son" is recorded as present in a record of a lawsuit in Herefordshire dated [1016/35][220]. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that he was killed by the Welsh[221].

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An ealdorman (from Old English ealdorman, lit. "elder man") is the term used for a high-ranking royal official and prior magistrate of an Anglo-Saxon shire or group of shires from about the ninth century to the time of King Cnut. The term ealdorman was rendered in Latin as dux in early West Saxon charters, and as præfectus (which confusingly, is also the equivalent of gerefa, modern reeve, from which sheriff or shire reeve). In the Life of King Alfred by the Welsh bishop Asser, the Latin equivalent is comes.[1] As the chief magistrate of a shire or group of shires (county) in Anglo-Saxon England, he commanded the army of the shire(s) and districts under his control on behalf of the king.

Appointment

They were appointees of the king and were originally mostly from the ancient and powerful families, but later were often chosen from among the king's comites (plural of comes, lit. "companion") and many, especially in the early Danish period, were new to high office. The office was not hereditary, but there are several examples of tenth-century ealdormen whose sons became ealdormen (if not always of the same district), such as Æthelstan Half-King and Æthelweard the Chronicler.

Earls

Towards the end of the tenth century, the term ealdorman gradually disappeared as it gave way to eorl, probably under the influence of the Danish term jarl, which evolved into modern English earl. The analogous term is sometimes count, from the French comte, derived from the Latin comes. The ealdormen can be thought of as the early English earls, for their ealdormanries (singular ealdormanry, same meaning as earldom) eventually became the great earldoms of Anglo-Danish and Anglo-Norman England.

An ealdormancy was an Anglo-Saxon governing body over several shires, made up of more than one ealdorman.

Aldermen

Although earls may be regarded as the successors of ealdormen, the word ealdorman itself did not disappear and survives in modern times as alderman. This term, however, developed distinct meanings which have little to do with ealdormen.

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Notes

  1. ^ Charter: S 891

2. ^ Ann Williams, "Leofric" in M. Lapidge (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0-631-22492-0
3. ^ a b The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
4. ^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ed. M. Swanton (1996), p. 294.

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Leofwine (c. 950 – 1028), was an ealdorman in Mercia. He is mentioned as Wicciarum Prouinciarum dux[1] (Ealdorman of Hwicce) in 997.

Leofwine may have been related by marriage to the family of Ælfgifu of Northampton.[2] The chronicles mention four children of Leofwine, their order of birth is unknown:

   * Northman, killed in 1017.[3]

* Edwin, killed in battle in 1039.[3]
* Godwin, died some time before 1056.[4]
* Leofric, Earl of Mercia.
[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Charter: S 891

2. ^ Ann Williams, "Leofric" in M. Lapidge (ed.), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell, 1999. ISBN 0-631-22492-0
3. ^ a b The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
4. ^ The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle ed. M. Swanton (1996), p. 294.

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Sir Guy de Warwick de Ardenne

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Lived in Northumberland, England

Leofwine (c. 950 – 1028) was an ealdorman of the Hwicce in Mercia. He is mentioned as Wicciarum Prouinciarum dux[1] Ealdorman of Hwicce in 997.

The chronicles mention four children of Leofwine, their order of birth is unknown:

   Northman, killed in 1017.[2]

   Eadwine, killed in battle in 1039.[2]

   Godwine, died some time before 1056.[3]

   Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

I found this information online at the Wikipedia site.

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Lived in Northumberland, England

Leofwine (c. 950 – 1028) was an ealdorman of the Hwicce in Mercia. He is mentioned as Wicciarum Prouinciarum dux[1] Ealdorman of Hwicce in 997.

The chronicles mention four children of Leofwine, their order of birth is unknown:

   Northman, killed in 1017.[2]

   Eadwine, killed in battle in 1039.[2]

   Godwine, died some time before 1056.[3]

   Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

I found this information online at the Wikipedia site.

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Leofwine de Ardenne, Earl of Mercia

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Leofwine (died in or after 1023) was appointed Ealdorman of the Hwicce by King Æthelred II of England in 994. The territory of the Hwicce was a kingdom in the western midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon period, which soon became a subdivision of Mercia. Leofwine was the son of Ælfwine, who is otherwise unknown, but the family appears to come from the east midlands. Leofwine and his sons were remembered by the Worcester church as spoliators who seized church land, but as benefactors by east midlands religious establishments.

Under Æthelred, Leofwine's sphere of office was in the Hwicce areas of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, but these counties were given to Danes by King Cnut soon after he gained the throne in 1016. However, Leofwine kept his rank and may have been appointed Ealdorman of Mercia in 1017 in succession to Eadric Streona, but Leofwine's eldest son Northman was murdered on Cnut's orders in the same year. Leofwine is last recorded as a charter witness in 1023 and probably died soon afterwards. His son Leofric was Earl of Mercia by 1032. Leofwine had two others sons, Edwine, who died at the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes in 1039, and Godwine.

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Northman Leofricsson de Ardenne, Dux de Wicciarum

Leofwine, Ealdorman av Hwicce

"Leofwine dux" var vitne charter av kong Edward i 976 og 977

Han ble utnevnt til Ealdorman av Hwicce av kong Æthelred II av England i 994. Det er en politisk tittel til den øverste leder og kongens representant for et fylke, Hwicce var et rike i vestlige Midlands og ble snart lagt under Mercia

"Leofwine Wicciarium-Provinciarum dux" var vitne i charter av kong Æthelred II datert mellom 994 og 1015

Kong Æthelred II gav "Leofwine dux" eiendom i Warwickshire i følge et charter datert 998. Det er mulig at han ble utpekt til Ealdorman av Mercia etter at Eadric "Streona" døde i 1017, men dette er ikke bekreftet av noen primær kilde.

Leofwine var sønn av Leofric. Hans kone er ikke kjent, De hadde sønnene Northman, drept på ordre av kong Knut i 1017 Eadwine, drept i et slag i 1039, Godwine, død før1056 og Leofric, Earl of Mercia.

Leofwine og hans sønner ble husket av Worcester kirken som de plyndret og tok kirkens eiendommer. De var derimot velgjørere av East Midlands religiøse etablissementer.

Leofwine registreres siste gang i som vitne i et carter i 1023 og trolig døde kort tid etterpå.

Ved sitt giftemål kan Leofwine være i familie med Ælfgifu of Northampton. og med de 2 brødrene Ælfhere og Ælfheah,

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