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Leofwine (other)
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), fl. 953 *Leofwine, Ealdorman of the Hwicce died 1028 *Leofwine Godwinson, killed at the Battle of Hastings *Leofwin __NOTOC__ Leofwin (or Leofwine; died after 1071) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. Appointed to the see by King Edward the Confessor of England, Leofwin was a monk before becoming a bishop.Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 71 footnote 2 For a t ..., bishop of Lichfield (in office 1053–1070) {{given name Old English given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Levin (given Name)
Levin is a masculine given name. It is a modern German version of the Old English name Leofwine or the Old German Leobwin or Liebwin, meaning "dear friend." Dutch variants include Lieven and Lievin. A rare modern English variant is Lewin. It can also be a variant of Levi and is a surname with different origins. People with the name include: * Levin C. Bailey (c. 1892–1952), judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals *Levin August von Bennigsen (1745–1826), German general in the service of the Russian Empire *Levin Bates (fl. c. 1830s), proprietor of the Levin Bates House *Levin Bufkin (c. 1533–1617), English landowner * Levin Gale (1784–1834), American politician * Levin Goldschmidt (1829–1897), German jurist, judge and academic * Levin H. Campbell (born 1927), United States Circuit Judge * Levin H. Campbell Jr. (1886–1976), U.S. Army lieutenant general * Levin Corbin Handy (c. 1855–1932), American photographer * Levin Irving Handy (1861–1922), American educator, lawye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewin
Lewin is a Germanic name, usually originating from either of two different sources, the Old English Leofwine or a variant of the Jewish Levin. People with the name include: * Albert Lewin (1894–1968), American film director, producer, and screenwriter * Benjamin Lewin, founder of the ''Cell'' journal * Bernard Lewin (1906–2003), German-born American collector of Mexican art * Blanca Lewin, Chilean television and film actress * Daniel M. Lewin, co-founder of Akamai Technologies, and victim of the September 11 attacks. * David Lewin (1933–2003), American music theorist and composer * Derek Lewin (1930–2019), English amateur international footballer * Frank Lewin (1925–2008), American composer and teacher * Gary Lewin (born 1964), British football physiotherapist * Herbert G. Lewin (1914-2010), American politician * Hugh Lewin (1939–2019), South African anti-apartheid activist and writer * Jack Lewin (1915-1990), New Zealand public servant and trade unionist * John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leofwine (bishop Of Lindsey)
__NOTOC__ 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 in the succession since the death of Burgheard (or perhaps Eadberht) in the previous century. He combined the see with Dorchester in 956,Kirby ''Making of Early England'' p. 92 and afterwards the combined see is usually known as Bishop of Lindsey The Bishop of Lindsey was a prelate who administered an Anglo-Saxon diocese between the 7th and 11th centuries. The episcopal title took its name after the ancient Kingdom of Lindsey. History The diocese of Lindsey (Lindine) was established whe ....Fryde, et al. ''Handbook of British Chronology'' p. 219 It appears to have covered Lindsey and Leicester. Citations References * * External links * Bishops of Dorchester (Mercia) {{England-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leofwine, Ealdorman Of The Hwicce
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 a kingdom in the Western Midlands in the early Anglo-Saxon period, which soon became a subdivision of Mercia. Leofwine was the son of Ælfwine, who is otherwise unknown, but the family appears to have originated in the East Midlands. Leofwine and his sons were considered by the See of Worcester as spoliators who seized church land, but East Midlands religious establishments regarded them as benefactors. Under Æthelred, Leofwine's sphere of office was in the Hwicce areas of Worcestershire and Gloucestershire, but these counties were given to Danes by King Cnut soon after he gained the throne in 1016. However, Leofwine kept his rank and may have been appointed Ealdorman of Mercia in 1017 in succession to Eadric Streona, but Leofwine's eldest son Northman was murdered on Cnut's orders in the same year. Leofwine is last recorded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leofwine Godwinson
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 exiled from England in 1051 he went with Harold to Ireland, where they were sheltered and helped by Diarmait mac Máel na mBó, King of Leinster. He would have returned with the rest of the family the following year, but was not present at the death-bed of his father in April 1053. Following the death of his father in April 1053, the Godwinsons managed to retain their hold on England. Harold inherited the Earldom of Wessex and became second in power only to the king. Leofwine was made Earl of Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Hertford, Surrey and probably Buckinghamshire some time between 1055 and 1057. Together with his brother Gyrth's Earldoms of East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire the Godwinsons now controlled the entire East England. He was killed alongside his brothers Harold and Gyrth in the Battle of Hastings.''Anglo-Saxo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leofwin
__NOTOC__ Leofwin (or Leofwine; died after 1071) was a medieval Bishop of Lichfield. Appointed to the see by King Edward the Confessor of England, Leofwin was a monk before becoming a bishop.Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 71 footnote 2 For a time, he was abbot of the abbey of Coventry as well as bishop, but he was no longer abbot at the time of the Norman Conquest of England.Knowles ''Monastic Order'' p. 111 footnote 4 He may have owed his promotion to Lichfield to Leofric, Earl of Mercia and Leofric's family.Barlow ''English Church'' p. 109 footnote 3 He was consecrated in 1053, but he went overseas to be consecrated because of the irregular election of Archbishop Stigand of Canterbury.Powell and Wallis ''House of Lords'' p. 13 footnote 8 Around 1068, he was the recipient of a writ from King William I of England, which shows that he had accommodated himself to the Conquest.Powell and Wallis ''House of Lords'' p. 14 According to the ''Handbook of British Chronology'', he died in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
