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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.
- 6 January 1066
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex
- 5 January – 14 October 1066
- Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
17 de abr. de 2023 · After Earl Godwin’s death in 1053 his second son Harold became Earl of Wessex. This gave him control over all of Southern England.
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.
18 de jul. de 2023 · Harold was the son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the brother-in-law of Edward the Confessor. Before coming to the throne Harold had been captured in France and, under duress, is alleged to have sworn that he would not accept the English crown but would support William of Normandy's claim.
Harold Godwinson, born in 1022, was the second son of Godwin Wulfnothson, earl of Wessex. Godwin himself had been born in 1001 and his parents and Harold’s paternal grandparents are believed to have been Wulfnoth Cild, a thegn of Sussex, and Thyra Svendsdatter of Denmark. Harold may have been a greatx5 grandson of Æthelred I who had reigned ...
