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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; c. 1001 – 15 April 1053) was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r.
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Godwin, Earl of Wessex, after whom the family is named, was...
- Earl of Wessex
Wessex was one of the four earldoms of Anglo-Danish England....
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Godwin de Wessex (en inglés antiguo: Godwine) fue uno de los señores más poderosos de Inglaterra durante el reinado de Canuto el Grande y sus sucesores, habiendo sido nombrado por el rey conde de Wessex. Ascendencia. Nacido en el año 1001, descendía en séptima generación del rey Etelredo I de Wessex, hermano mayor de Alfredo el Grande.
6 min read. The word Kingmaker often evokes the image of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, who featured prominently in various plays for power during the Wars of the Roses. But, several hundred years before Warwick’s schemes, another man earned the title of Kingmaker: Godwin, Earl of Wessex.
11 de abr. de 2024 · Godwine (died April 15, 1053) was the earl of Wessex, the most powerful man in England during the opening years of the reign of Edward the Confessor. Although an Anglo-Saxon, Godwine became a favourite of the Danish king of England, Canute the Great, who made him earl of Wessex about 1018.
Godwin of Wessex was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold II and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor.
