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Godwin or Godwine (fl. 1066 – 1069) was a son, probably the eldest son, of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile in Dublin, along with two of his brothers, by the Norman conquest of England, and from there he twice led expeditions to south-western England, but with little success.
Harold was a son of Godwin (c. 1001 –1053), the powerful earl of Wessex, and of Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, whose brother Ulf the Earl was married to Estrid Svendsdatter (c. 1015/1016), the daughter of King Sweyn Forkbeard (died 1014) and sister of King Cnut the Great of England and Denmark.
Harold (c. 1065 – 1098) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile by the Norman conquest of England, and found refuge at the court of the king of Norway.
8 de mar. de 2022 · Following Godwin’s death, his son, Harold Godwinson, succeeded him as Earl of Wessex, and with time, Godwin’s sons were on their way to take near-total overlordship of England, under the king, as Tostig became Earl of Northumbria.
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21 de sept. de 2023 · Born in the early 1020s, Harold was the eldest son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha, the daughter of a Danish chieftain. His family, on both Saxon and Danish sides, were extremely prominent and influential. On his mother’s side, he was related through marriage to King Cnut the Great.
19 de jul. de 2019 · Two sons of Harold Godwinson, probably Godwin and Edmund Haroldson, attempted to launch an invasion of England from Exeter. They raided much of the south-west but failed to gain any support for a bid to replace King William on the throne.
