Leofwine information

Leofwine is an Old English name meaning "dear friend." A modern German equivalent is Levin or Lewin. The name may refer to: Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)...

Leofwine Godwinson (c. 1035 – 14 October 1066) was a younger brother of King Harold Godwinson, the fifth son of Earl Godwin. When the Godwin family was...

fought with Harold at Hastings, including Harold's brothers Gyrth and Leofwine and two other relatives. The English army consisted entirely of infantry...

and Gytha had several children — six sons: Sweyn, Harold, Tostig, Gyrth, Leofwine and Wulfnoth (in that order); and three daughters: Edith of Wessex (originally...

of the Mercians (non-dynastic)   Earls of the Mercians (descendants of Leofwine) The title Earl of March (etymologically identical to 'Earl of Mercia')...

Oxfordshire some time between 1055 and 1057. Together with his brother Leofwine's Earldoms of Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Hertford, Surrey and probably Buckinghamshire...

were granted earldoms later: Gyrth as Earl of East Anglia in 1057 and Leofwine as Earl of Kent sometime between 1055 and 1057. Some sources claim that...

wall, whilst the Normans are on horses. Two fallen knights are named as Leofwine and Gyrth, Harold's brothers, but both armies are shown fighting bravely...

hereditary. For four generations, Mercia was passed from father to son: Leofwine, Leofric, Ælfgar, and Edwin. To reward Godwin for his support, Edward made...

succeeded Ælfgar as Earl of East Anglia. The fourth surviving Godwin brother, Leofwine, was given an earldom in the south-east carved out of Harold's territory...

Godwin, Earl of Wessex, his son Leofwine (c. 1035–1066) became Earl of Kent sometime between 1056 and 1058. After Leofwine's death at Hastings in 1066, William...

Wessex. Upon his death, in 1053, it was inherited by his son, Leofwine Godwinson. Leofwine, in 1066, at the Battle of Hastings, was killed, and his titles...

1100 Northman of Escomb (fl. 994), a Northumbrian earl Northman, son of Leofwine (died 1017), Mercian thegn Edith Northman, American architect Eric Northman...

Tostig and Gyrth fled to Bruges in Flanders, and Harold and his brother Leofwine to Ireland, while their sister queen Edith was sent to a nunnery. The following...

Edward the Confessor Edgar Ætheling Cristina Gyrth, Gunhild, Ælfgifu, Leofwine & Wulfnoth Malcolm III of Scotland Margaret Other children Matilda of Scotland...

Angel Matthews 2020 Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse Sofie Dahl TV film 2024 Seize Them! Leofwine TBA Death of a Unicorn Post-production...

Hastings are known; the most important were Harold's brothers Gyrth and Leofwine. About 18 other named individuals can reasonably be assumed to have fought...