Lucy Taillebois

Lucy married Ranulf Le Meschines Earl Of Chester, III in 1098. Ranulf (son of Ranulf Le Meschines Vct De Bayeux, II and Maud De Avranches) was born in 1070 in Briquessant, Livry, France; died between Jan 1128 and 1129 in Chester, Cheshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Alice De Gernons Le Meschines was born between 1088 and 1094 in Hertford, Hertfordshire, England; died in 1128.
2. William Le Meschines Lord Copeland was born between 1096 and 1100 in Gernon Castle, Normandy, France; died in 1153 in Chester, England.
3. Ranulf IV De Gernon Earl Of Chester was born in 1100 in Castle Of Gernon, Normandy, France; died on 16 Dec 1153 in England.

Ivo married Lucy Of Mercia. Lucy (daughter of Aelfgar III Of Mercia Earl Of Mercia and Elfgifu (Elgiva) Of Wessex) was born in 1040 in Mercia, England; died in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact 1: Buried: Spalding, Lincoln, England.; Fact 1

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Cousin to Earl of Chester.

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• Fact 1: Acceded: 1057 As Earl Of Mercia.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Buried: Coventry, Warwickshire, England.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Earl Of East Anglia, 1053.; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Banished 1058.; Fact 4
• Name: Aelfgar Of Mercia Earl Of East Anglia

Aelfgar married Elfgifu (Elgiva) Of Wessex. Elfgifu (daughter of Ethelred II The Unready King Of England and Elfflaed (Elfreda) Of Wessex) was born in 990 in England; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Elfgifu Of England
• Alt. Birth: 990, Of Wessex, England; Alt. Birth
• Alt. Birth: 997; Alt. Birth

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• Fact 1: Acceded: 1023.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: A Dominant Figure In Govt. Of Edward The Confessor.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Founder Of The Church Of Coventry; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Seen As Thegn From 1005, Dux From 1026, Earl Of Mercia By 1032.; Fact 4

Leofric married Godiva (Godgifu) Of Coventry. Godiva (daughter of Thorold Of Buckingham Sheriff Of Lincolnshire) was born in 980 in Mercia, England; died on 10 Sep 1067. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Fact 1: The Famous Lady Godiva Who Rode Nude On Her Horse Through Coventry.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Lived & Buried In Coventry, Warwickshire.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Persuaded Her Husband To Found Monasteries At Coventry (1043) And Stow.; Fact 3

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Godiva, Lady (flourished about 1040-80), Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, wife of Leofric, earl of Mercia (flourished 1005-57). She is known to have persuaded her husband to found monasteries at Coventry (1043) and Stow. According to legend, she obtained a reduction in the excessive taxes levied by her husband on the people of Coventry by consenting to ride naked through the town on a white horse. Only one person disobeyed her orders to remain indoors behind closed shutters; this man, a tailor known afterward as Peeping Tom, peered through a window and immediately became blind. The oldest form of the legend is in the 13th-century Flores Historiarum (Flowers of the Historians). A festival in her honor was instituted as part of Coventry Fair in 1678.

Source: 'The World Book Encyclopedia', 1968, p G235. 'Godiva, Lady,' Microsoft (R) Encarta. Copyright (c) 1993
Microsoft Corporation. Copyright (c) 1993 Funk & Wagnall's Corporation

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• Category: English Royalty - House of Wessex
• Fact 1: Reigned 979-1013 (Deposed) And 1014-1016. House Of Wessex.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: (1002) Ordered Slaughter Of All Danes In South Of England, Incl. Sweyn's Sister.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Repeated Danish Raids Forced Paymnt Of Huge Tributes (Danegeld).; Fact 3
• Fact 4: Driven Into Exile By Sweyn The Dane (1013) But Returned After His Death (1014).; Fact 4
• Fact 5: Died During Canute's Invasion Of England.; Fact 5
• Fact 6: When He Acceded, Desribed As "Comely, Handsome & Elegant Manners."; Fact 6
• Fact 7: One Of The Worst Kings In English History.; Fact 7
• Fact 8: Buried: St. Paul's, London, Middlesex, England.; Fact 8

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Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in 978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010.

REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned 978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.
Acceded 979-1013 & 1014-1016.

Ethelred 'the Unready'
Edgar's sudden death at the age of 33 led to a succession dispute between rival factions supporting his sons Edward and Ethelred. The elder son Edward (reigned 975-978) was murdered in 978 at Corfe Castle, Dorset, by his seven year old half-brother's supporters. For the rest of Ethelred's reign (reigned 978-1016), his brother became a posthumous rallying point for political unrest; a hostile Church transformed Edward into a royal martyr. Known as the Un-raed or 'Unready' (meaning no counsel, or that he was unwise), Ethelred failed to win or retain the allegiance of many of his subjects. In 1002, he ordered the massacre of all Danes in England to eliminate potential treachery.
Not being an able soldier, Ethelred defended the country against increasingly rapacious Viking raids from the 980s onwards by diplomatic alliance with the duke of Normandy in 991 (he later married the duke's daughter Emma) and by buying off renewed attacks by the Danes with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1006 was dismissive: 'in spite of it all, the Danish army went about as it pleased'. By 1012, 48,000 pounds of silver was being paid in Danegeld to Danes camped in London.

Eventually, in 1013, Ethelred fled to Normandy when king Sweyn of Denmark dispossessed him. Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.

Ethelred's son Edmund set himself up as an independent ruler in the Danelaw. After Ethelred's death in 1015, Edmund cleared southern England of Danish marauders in a series of fiercely fought and highly mobile fighting, but he lost the battle of Ashingdon of 1016 (his Mercian allies deserted him) against Sweyn's son Canute, and died in the same year. Before his death, Edmund made an agreement with Canute giving Canute territorial concessions, including Wessex. Edmund was buried at Glastonbury.
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Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in 978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010.

REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned 978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.
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Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in 978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010.

REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned 978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.
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Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in 978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010.

REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned 978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.
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Reigned 978-1016. Ethelred II acceded the throne of England in 978 and was called either Aethelred or Ethelred II the Unready, KIng of England. Reigned 979-1013 (deposed) and 1014-1016. In light of repeated Danish raids, he was forced to pay huge tributes (Danegeld). He was driven into exile by Sweyn but returned after his death. Died during Canute's invasion of England. Burke says he died 1010.

REF: British Monarchy Official Website: Ethelred II (reigned 978-1016) tried to buy off renewed attacks by the Vikings with money levied through a tax called the Danegeld. Eventually, in 1013 Ethelred fled to Normandy when Sweyn (the
Danish king's son) dispossessed him; and Ethelred returned to rule after Sweyn's death in 1014.

Ethelred married Elfflaed (Elfreda) Of Wessex in 985. Elfflaed (daughter of Thored Gunnarsson Ealdorman Of Deira) was born between 963 and 968 in Of Wessex, England; died in 1002. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: Aka Aelfgifu Of Wessex.; Fact 1
• Fact 2: Aka Algifu Of Deira.; Fact 2
• Fact 3: Aka Aelfgifu Of Coventry.; Fact 3
• Name: Algifu Of Deira

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Two possible fathers:
Ealdorman or Thored