Person:Gytha of Wessex (1)
Gyda Haraldsdatter , of Wessex
b.abt 1055 Wessex, England
d.7 May 1107 Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Ulf
  2. Prince Of England Godwine
  3. Prince Of England Edmund
  4. Prince Of England Magnus
  5. Gunhild , Princess of England
  6. Gyda Haraldsdatter , of Wessex
Spouse and Children
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m. abt 1074
  1. Mstislav I , Grand Prince of Kiev
  2. Izyaslav Duke Of Suzdal Vladimirovich
  3. Svyatoslav Duke Of Chernigov Vladimirovich
  4. Yaropolk II of Kiev
  5. Viacheslav I of Kiev
  6. Marina Princess Of Kiev Vladimirovna
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Facts and Events
Name Gyda Haraldsdatter , of Wessex
Alt Name Gytha
Gender Female
Birth? abt 1055 Wessex, England
Marriage abt 1074 London, London, Englandto Vladimir II Monomakh
Alt Death? 10 Mar 1089
Ancestral File Number B19S-BC
Other? House of Godwin
Death? 7 May 1107 Kiev, Kiev, Ukraine


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Gytha of Wessex (died 1098 or 1107) was one of several daughters of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, by his consort, Edith Swanneck.

According to Saxo Grammaticus, Gytha and two of her brothers escaped to the court of their uncle, king Sweyn Estridsson of Denmark. The two brothers were treated by Sweyn with hospitality, while their sister was married to Waldemar, king of Ruthenia, i.e. Vladimir II Monomakh, one of the most famous rulers of Kievan Rus.

Gytha was the mother of Mstislav the Great, the last ruler of united Kievan Rus. In the Norse sagas, Mstislav is called Harald after his grandfather. The pateric of St Pantaleon Cloister in Cologne says that "Gytha the Queen" died as a nun on 10 March. A year later Vladimir Monomakh married another woman.

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References
  1.   Gytha of Wessex, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   Gytha (?), in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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