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Birth:          ABT  950 Mercia
Death:          1028 

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine,_Ealdorman_of_the_Hwicce
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.[1][2]

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.[1][2]

Parents
____ Edulph (ABT  921 - )
OF MERCIA Elfwina (ABT  905 - )

Siblings
____ Leofwine (ABT  950 - 1028)

Marriage To ____ Alwara (ABT  950 - )
    m.  

Notes

Parents
MANNESSON Athelstan (ABT  925 - )
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Children by ____ Alwara ABT  950 - 
____ Leofric III (14 May  978 - 31 Aug 1057)

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