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.