Pedigree: Hereward `the Wake' (Thegn of MERCIA ?)

The PEDIGREE of

Hereward `the Wake' (Thegn of MERCIA ?)

led the English in the East in resistance against the Norman invasion until Hereward was defeated (with the aid of treasonous monks) 1071; aka Hereward `the Exile'

External page: Like many prominent 'Englishmen' prominent before the Conquest, Hereward was a Dane.

Born: poss. abt. 1040 Died: aft. 1086 (or '71?)

Poss. HM George I's 20-Great Grandfather. Poss. U.S. President^{_[WASHINGTON]}'s 21-Great Grandfather. Poss. PM Churchill's 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. Lady Diana's 27-Great Grandfather. Poss. Louis XVII's 24-Great Grandfather. Poss. `Osawatomie' Brown's 26-Great Grandfather. Poss. Jamie's 26-Great Grandfather.

Wife/Partner: Thurfrida of MERCIA
Children: Leofric of MERCIA ; Thurfrida of MERCIA

Possible Child: Hereward II (Earl) of MERCIA
Alternative Fathers of Possible Child: prob. not Hereward `the Wake' [alt ped] ; Leofric of MERCIA

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	/	-- (NN), a Dane
/	-- Asketil
/
- Hereward `the Wake' (Thegn of MERCIA ?)
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\	-- ?

His (poss.) Grandchildren: Geoffrey (Sn.) de MARISCO ; Hereward III `the Wake' (Earl) of MERCIA ; Adeline de ROLLOS ; Gilbert de SEGRAVE ; Robert (Hereward; of WIGGENHALL) HOWARD