Back ليوفريك ايرل ميرسيا ARZ Леафрык Byelorussian Leofric Catalan Leofric von Mercia German Leofric (Mercia) Esperanto Leofric de Mercia Spanish Leofric (jaarli) Finnish Leofric de Mercie French ליאופריק HE Leofrico di Coventry Italian

Leofric, Earl of Mercia

Above: King Edward the Confessor and Earl Leofric of Mercia see the face of Christ appear in the Eucharistic host; below: the return of a ring given to a beggar who was John the Baptist in disguise. Thirteenth-century abridgement of Domesday Book

Leofric (died 31 August or 30 September 1057) was an Earl of Mercia. He founded monasteries at Coventry[1] and Much Wenlock and was a very powerful earl under King Cnut and his successors. Leofric was the husband of Lady Godiva.

  1. ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Leofric" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 442.

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