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Edwine of Mercia

Birth
England
Death
1039 (aged 56–57)
Wales
Burial
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Birth date approx. Father : Leofwine of Mercia - Ealdorman of the Hwicce (c945–1023 - Sub-Kingdom of Hwicce, Kingdom of Mercia, England)

Siblings to Edwine : Leofric, Earl of Mercia (b. betw 968-985); and Godwine.

Killed in the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes in 1039. Gruffudd ap Llywelyn – the recently crowned King of Gwynedd – ambushes a Mercian army led by Edwine's brother, Leofric of Mercia in ancient Brycheiniog (near Welshpool in Wales), destroying them.
Birth date approx. Father : Leofwine of Mercia - Ealdorman of the Hwicce (c945–1023 - Sub-Kingdom of Hwicce, Kingdom of Mercia, England)

Siblings to Edwine : Leofric, Earl of Mercia (b. betw 968-985); and Godwine.

Killed in the Battle of Rhyd-y-groes in 1039. Gruffudd ap Llywelyn – the recently crowned King of Gwynedd – ambushes a Mercian army led by Edwine's brother, Leofric of Mercia in ancient Brycheiniog (near Welshpool in Wales), destroying them.


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