Women / Persons ~ P08550

Lady Godiva

Alternate Names:

Godiva
Godgifu
Godgyfu
Godiva, Wife of Duke of Mercia

Gender: Female

Life Dates: 980 - 1067

Types:

Anglo-Saxon
Beauty, celebrated
English
Legendary
Model of faith, piety
Society or High Rank

Note: Allegedly rode naked through the town of Coventry to oppose her husband's heavy taxes on his tenants.

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Biographies (2 Total)

Godiva, Wife of the Duke of Mercia Author: anon0001 . Collection Title: Biographium faemineum: The Female Worthies; or, Memoirs of the Most Illustrious Ladies, of All Ages and Nations, who Have Been Eminently Distinguished for Their Magnanimity, Learning, Genius, Virtue, Piety, and Other Excellent Endowments...Containing (Exclusive of Foreigners) the Lives of above Fourscore British Ladies...Collected from History, and the Most Approved Biographers, and Brought Down to the Present Time. 1766
Lady Godiva Author: anon0002 . Collection Title: Eccentric Biography; or, Memoirs of Remarkable Female Characters, Ancient and Modern. Including Actresses, Adventurers, Authoresses, Fortune-Tellers, Gipsies, Dwarfs, Swindlers and Vagrants: Also Many Others who Have Distinguished Themselves by Their Chastity, Dissipation, Intrepidity, Learning, Abstinence, Credulity, &c., &c.: Alphabetically Arranged: Forming a Pleasing Mirror of Reflection to the Female Mind. Ornamented with Portraits of the Most Singular Characters in the Work. 1803