I found a genealogy of Lady
Godiva and
Earl Leofric of
Mercia's descendants (
http://snipurl.com/c4ay). The family eventually married into Welsh nobility, and one of
Godiva and
Leofric's great-great-granddaughters was named
Susanna, who was probably born in the 1060s. Her siblings were
Owain,
Cadwalader,
Gwenllian, and Gwladys... all Welsh names.
So, my questions are: was
Susanna used in Wales back then? Is/was there a Welsh form of
Susanna? Or was
Susanna named an English name to honour that ancestry, just happening to be the odd one out in her sib set?
Miranda
EDIT: Typo
This message was edited 1/18/2005, 4:55 PM