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| Nicknames: | "Lady Godiva", "Eldiva", "Godgifu", "Godiva of Coventrytown", "Godiva of Lincoln", "Countess of Mercia" |
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| Birthplace: | Mercia, England |
| Death: | Died in Coventry, Warwickshire, England |
| Occupation: | Countess of Mercia |
| Managed by: | Jocelynn Oakes |
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About Godgifu
Godiva (or Godgifu) (fl. 1040-1080) was an Anglo-Saxon noblewoman who, according to legend, rode naked through the streets of Coventry in England in order to gain a remission of the oppressive toll imposed by her husband on his tenants. The name "Peeping Tom" for a voyeur comes from later versions of this legend in which a man named Tom watched her ride and was struck blind or dead."
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Lady Godiva's Timeline
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980
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Mercia, England
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| 1002 |
1002
Age 22
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Lincolnshire
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1002
Age 22
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England
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| 1067 |
September 10, 1067
Age 87
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Coventry, Warwickshire, England
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| 1993 |
March 5, 1993
Age 87
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either next to husband at Coventry or Church of the Blessed Trinity at Evesham
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