Person:Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1)
Godwin , Earl of Wessex
b.abt 0993 Wessex, England
d.15 Apr 1053 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Parents and Siblings
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m. ABT. 1000
  1. Godwin , Earl of Wessex
  2. Abbot Of Newminster Elfwig //
Spouse and Children
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m. 1019
  1. Driella of Wessex
  2. King Harold II Godwinson , of England
  3. Sweyn Godwinson
  4. Gunhild Wessex
  5. Tostig Godwinson , Earl of Northumbria
  6. Elfgifa Wessex
  7. Queen Edith , of England
  8. Gyrth Godwinson
  9. Leofwine Godwinson
  10. Alfgar Wessex
  11. Wulfnoth Godwinson
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Facts and Events
Name Godwin , Earl of Wessex
Alt Name Godwine
Gender Male
Birth[2] abt 0993 Wessex, England
Marriage 1019 Of Halland, Swedento Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Other Marriage Ending Status Divorce
with Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Death[2] 15 Apr 1053 Winchester, Hampshire, England
Other[1] House of Godwin


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Godwin of Wessex (died 15 April 1053) was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.

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References
  1. ↑ Godwin, Earl of Wessex, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 GODWIN, son of WULFNOTH & his wife --- ([993]-Winchester 15 Apr 1053, bur Winchester Old Minster), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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