Aelfgar, Earl of Mercia

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==Primary sources==
 
==Primary sources==
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the Two Continuations], Thomas Forester (tr). (1854) H. G. Bohn 512 pages.
 
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, with the Two Continuations], Thomas Forester (tr). (1854) H. G. Bohn 512 pages.
**This [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva#PRA1-PA464,M1 index page] proves that Aelfgar is mentioned only on pages 155-160
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**This [http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva#PRA1-PA464,M1 index page] proves that Aelfgar is mentioned only on pages 155-160, I will extract every reference below.
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva#PRA1-PA155,M1 Page 155] : "[A.D. 1053] ...earl Godwine came to his end....His son Harold succeeded to his earldom, and Harold's earldom was given to Algar, son of earl Leofric."
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva#PRA1-PA156,M1 Page 156] : "[A.D. 1055] ...king Edward, in a council held at London, banished earl Algar, earl Leofric's son, without any just cause of offence.  Algar presently went to Ireland, and having collected eighteen pirate ships, returned with them to Wales, where he implored Griffyth the king to lend him his aid against king Edward."
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA486&vq=godiva#PRA1-PA157,M1 Page 157] : "[A.D. 1055] (cont.) ...earl Algar entered Hereford and having slain seven of the canons....brave earl Harold...unwearied in his pursuit of Griffyth and Algar....Meanwhile...Griffyth, Algar, and Harold...met...and peace being proposed and accepted....earl Algar...went to court and was restored by the king to his earldom."
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**[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA159&vq=godiva Page 159] : "[A.D. 1057] ...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.
 
**[http://books.google.com/books?id=gpR0iz5GjYgC&pg=RA1-PA159&vq=godiva Page 159] : "[A.D. 1057] ...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.
  

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