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- Leofwine is an Old English name meaning "dear friend." A modern German equivalent is Levin or Lewin. The name may refer to: Leofwine (bishop of Lindsey)...
- Leofwine Godwinson (c. 1035 – 14 October 1066) was a younger brother of King Harold Godwinson, the fifth son of Earl Godwin. When the Godwin family was...
- Leofwine (died in or after 1023) was appointed Ealdorman of the Hwicce by King Æthelred the Unready of England in 994. The territory of the Hwicce was...
- Gytha and sons Sweyn, Tostig and Gyrth sought refuge in Flanders; sons Leofwine and Harold fled to Dublin, where they gained the shelter and help of Diarmait...
- to watch out her daughter, especially in her darkest hour. Meanwhile, Leofwine, Dagan's treacherous advisor who sided with Joan, is on the hunt for the...
- Leofwine was a medieval Bishop of Lindsey. Leofwine was consecrated about 953 and died sometime after. This was a reconstitution of the see after a break...
- fought with Harold at Hastings, including Harold's brothers Gyrth and Leofwine and two other relatives. The English army consisted entirely of infantry...
- II) (c. 1022 – 1066), Tostig (c. 1026 – 1066), Gyrth (c. 1030 – 1066), Leofwine (c. 1035 – 1066), and Wulfnoth (c. 1040 – 1094). Edith was the firstborn...
- killed. Less than a month later, three of her sons: Harold, Gyrth, and Leofwine, were killed by William the Conqueror's invading Norman army at the Battle...
- of Ealdorman Leofwine. The others were Leofric, later Earl of Mercia, Eadwine (died 1039), and Godwine (died 1055). Ealdorman Leofwine's father was a...