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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.
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.
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.
1. Harold was the son of a great Anglo-Saxon lord. Harold’s father Godwin had risen from obscurity to become the Earl of Wessex in the reign of Cnut the Great. One of the most powerful and wealthy figures of Anglo-Saxon England, Godwin was sent into exile by King Edward the Confessor in 1051, but returned 2 years later with the support of the navy.
- Adam Dalrymple
14 de ene. de 2019 · Harold was born around 1023 CE into the powerful Godwinson family, with his father, Godwin, being the Earl of Wessex and one of the richest men in England. Harold's mother was Gytha of the Thorgils family, and she, through her brother Ulaf, was connected to the royal house of Denmark.
- Mark Cartwright
Images & Videos. Related. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London. (1020?–66). A strong ruler and a skilled general, Harold II was the last king of the Anglo-Saxon period in England. He reigned for only nine months before he was killed by Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror. Harold was the son of Godwine, earl of Wessex and Kent.
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.
