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Godgifu Lady Godiva
d. 1067
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Died
1067
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About
Godgifu, Lady Godiva, was a great and pious patroness of the church at Coventry; the famous ride through its streets is a later legend attached to a real and remarkable woman, and both the woman and the legend are recorded here in their proper places.
Research notes
GODGIFU 'LADY GODIVA' (d.c.1067), wife of Leofric of Mercia; mother of AElfgar (our line). The naked-ride story is 13th-century legend, noted as such; her existence, piety and patronage are documented. Ancestry above note-only. Standard well-documented medieval genealogy per the cited authorities; contested rungs note-only, not hardened.