What was Lady Godiva's name?

Question

I just really want to know. i cant find it anywhere. I can only find her as Lady Godiva and i cant find her first name. she HAD to have a first name.. right?

Answer 1

Her first name was Godgifu (Old English: Godgifu, "god gift").



Lady Godiva, or Godgifu to give her real name, was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia, one of the powerful lords who ruled England under King Canute.



Lady Godiva was the lady, wife of Leofric, the Earl of Mercia.

Earl Leofric was one of the all-powerful lords who ruled England under the Danish King Canute.

Answer 2

Lady Godiva didn't require a "second" name as she was married to Leofric Earl of Mercia, both of whom were generous benefactors to religious houses. She is mentioned in the Doomsday Survey as one of the few Anglo Saxons and the only woman to remain a major landholder post the Norman Conquest.

Answer 3

female Godiva did not require a "2d" call as she replaced into married to Leofric Earl of Mercia, the two one in each of whom have been generous benefactors to non secular properties. She is reported contained interior the Doomsday Survey as between the few Anglo Saxons and the merely female to proceed to be an significant landholder placed up the Norman Conquest.

Answer 4

Many people of history had one name; for example, look at Pluto and Socrates. She too had one name-Godiva. Lady was just added once she was married.

Answer 5

Godiva Name

Answer 6

I found this. Godiva was her first name,

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~whosyomama/11895.htm



http://genealogical-gleanings.com/Lady%20Godiva.htm