Alwara Athelstansdottir
- Born: Abt 955, Mercia, England
- Marriage: Leofwine Earl of Mercia 1402
Noted events in her life were:
• Pedigree. 1402 From The Reliquary, Quaterly, Archaeological Journal and Review, p. 29,
Ethelred, commonly called Mycel, or The Great, was Earl of Geynes, whose habitation was Gainsborough, married Eadburga, of the royal line of Mercia | Elswitha married King Alfred | Æthelreda married Æthelred, Duke of Mercia | Elwina married Edulph, Arch. B. of York, ob. 1002 | Leofwine, Earl of Mercia married Alwara, daughter of Athestan, Mannesson, a Danish Duke of E. Angles and his wife Alfwena, the great great grand daughter of King Alfred making Leofwine and Alwara second cousins two times removed. | Leofric, Earl of Mercia, ob. 1057 married Godiva, daughter of Thorold of Bokenhales
Alwara married Leofwine Earl of Mercia, son of Edulph of Mercia and Ælfwynn of Mercia.1402 (Leofwine Earl of Mercia was born about 950 and died in 1028/32.)
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