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*Schwennicke ES Vol II,78 states : "King Harold II, married 1065 Ealdgyth of Mercia. widow of Griffith ap Llywelyn, king of Gwyned and Powis, daughter of Earl Alfgar. Then it gives the children of Harold II but they are by Eadgyth Swannesha." [courtesy of Leo van de Pas] | *Schwennicke ES Vol II,78 states : "King Harold II, married 1065 Ealdgyth of Mercia. widow of Griffith ap Llywelyn, king of Gwyned and Powis, daughter of Earl Alfgar. Then it gives the children of Harold II but they are by Eadgyth Swannesha." [courtesy of Leo van de Pas] | ||
| − | *''History of the Norman Conquest'', by Edward Augustus Freeman is online in Google Books. Volume VI is an index of the rest of the set and in particular we can see here on [http://books.google.com/books?id=NWENAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0sT52LcaIY_XYHZJ64TWlXJ#PPA104,M1 page 104] that there are ten references to Godiva | + | *''History of the Norman Conquest'', by Edward Augustus Freeman is online in Google Books. Volume VI is an index of the rest of the set and in particular we can see here on [http://books.google.com/books?id=NWENAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0sT52LcaIY_XYHZJ64TWlXJ#PPA104,M1 page 104] that there are ten references to Godiva: |
| + | **[http://books.google.com/books?id=TmINAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:0sT52LcaIY_XYHZJ64TWlXJ#PPA189,M1 Freeman] citing Domesday 244, 244b states "Two women HOLD [emphasis mine] lands in "alms" Eadgyth who kept her own estate, and Leofgifu the nun, whose lands had been held T.R.E. by Godgifu, the widow of Leofric" | ||
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*Paulvheath recommends in a posting to Gen-Medieval 14 Aug 2007 the book "Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles" by W G Searle (1899), stating "He summarized the information known about Anglo-Saxon genealogies up to that time and carefully cited his sources, which can therefore be checked." | *Paulvheath recommends in a posting to Gen-Medieval 14 Aug 2007 the book "Anglo-Saxon Bishops, Kings and Nobles" by W G Searle (1899), stating "He summarized the information known about Anglo-Saxon genealogies up to that time and carefully cited his sources, which can therefore be checked." | ||
*Doug McDonald in a posting to Gen-Medieval 14 Aug 2007 cites a source : Walter Lee Sheppard, "Are you a descendant of Lady Godiva", *National Genealogical Society Quarterly*, vol. 50, no. 2 [June 1962], pp. 74-78 | *Doug McDonald in a posting to Gen-Medieval 14 Aug 2007 cites a source : Walter Lee Sheppard, "Are you a descendant of Lady Godiva", *National Genealogical Society Quarterly*, vol. 50, no. 2 [June 1962], pp. 74-78 | ||
