Lavender - Our Family Genealogy Pages

Discovering our British, French, Polish and German Ancestors

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login or register Your Bookmarks  
Print Bookmark

Edith of Wessex

Female 1020 - 1075  (55 years)Deceased


Generations:      Standard    |    Vertical    |    Compact    |    Box    |    Text    |    Ahnentafel    |    Fan Chart    |    Media    |    PDF

More detail
Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Edith of Wessex was born in 1020 in Of, , Wessex, England (daughter of Godwin ( 1st Earl Of Wessex) Wulfnosonn and Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir); died on 19 Dec 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, , England.

    Edith married Edward ( KING OF WESSEX) ( THE CONFESSOR) on 23 Jan 1045 in Winchester, Hampshire, , England. Edward (son of Aethelred II ( the unready) King of England and Emma of Normandy) was born in 1004 in Islip, Oxfordshire, , England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in London, Middlesex, , England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godwin ( 1st Earl Of Wessex) Wulfnosonn was born in 986 in Sussex, England (son of Wulfnoth Cild Thegn of Sussex); died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

    Godwin married Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir in 1019 in Halland, Jamtland, Sweden. Gytha (daughter of Thorkills Sparkalagg Styrbjornsson (maid. name 1) and Sigrid De Crepon Sprakling (maid. name 1)) was born in 1001 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden; died in 1069 in Artois, Flanders, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir was born in 1001 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden (daughter of Thorkills Sparkalagg Styrbjornsson (maid. name 1) and Sigrid De Crepon Sprakling (maid. name 1)); died in 1069 in Artois, Flanders, France.
    Children:
    1. Tostig ( EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA) Godwinsson was born in 1001 in Essex, England; died in 1066 in Killed at Stamford of Bridge, Yorkshire, England.
    2. Thurstan Red Abbot Ely was born in 1004 in Essex, England; died in 1074 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
    3. 1. Edith of Wessex was born in 1020 in Of, , Wessex, England; died on 19 Dec 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, , England.
    4. Sveyn Earl of Mercia was born in 1021; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.
    5. Harold II Godwinson King of England was born in 1022 in Wessex, Anglo-Saxon England; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Senlac Hill, Battle near Hastings E.Sussex.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wulfnoth Cild Thegn of Sussex was born in Wessex, England (son of Aethelmar Cild Theign of Sussex (The stout) and Aethelthrith Of Wessex); died in 1015 in Held, Sussex, England or Winchester Castle, Hampshire.
    Children:
    1. 2. Godwin ( 1st Earl Of Wessex) Wulfnosonn was born in 986 in Sussex, England; died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

  2. 6.  Thorkills Sparkalagg Styrbjornsson (maid. name 1) was born in 967 in Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden (son of Styrbjorn (The Strong) Olafsson and Thyra Haraldsdatter (maid. name 1)); died on 22 Sep 1027 in Battle, Roskilde, Oresund, Denmark.

    Thorkills married Sigrid De Crepon Sprakling (maid. name 1)Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden. Sigrid (daughter of Harald (bluetooth) Gormsson (maid. name 1) and Gunhild Haraldsdatter) was born in 956 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 7.  Sigrid De Crepon Sprakling (maid. name 1) was born in 956 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden (daughter of Harald (bluetooth) Gormsson (maid. name 1) and Gunhild Haraldsdatter); died on 18 Sep 1000 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France.
    Children:
    1. Hubert Fulbert "William the Tanner" Lord Chamberlain DeFalaise (maid. name 1) was born in 978 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France; died in Dec 1017 in Falaise, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France.
    2. 3. Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir was born in 1001 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden; died in 1069 in Artois, Flanders, France.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Aethelmar Cild Theign of Sussex (The stout) was born in 960 in Sussex England (son of Aethelwerd ( The Historian) Thane of Sussex and Aethelflaed of Wessex); died in 1015 in Compton, Sussex, England.

    Aethelmar married Aethelthrith Of Wessex. Aethelthrith was born about 962 in Wessex, England; died in 1017 in Killed by cunt the Viking Wessex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Aethelthrith Of Wessex was born about 962 in Wessex, England; died in 1017 in Killed by cunt the Viking Wessex, England.
    Children:
    1. 4. Wulfnoth Cild Thegn of Sussex was born in Wessex, England; died in 1015 in Held, Sussex, England or Winchester Castle, Hampshire.
    2. Aethelnoth (Archbishop of Canterbury) died in 1038.

  3. 12.  Styrbjorn (The Strong) Olafsson was born in 967 in Sweden (son of Ingeborg Sula THRANDSDOTTIR (maid. name 1), son of Olaf II 'The Mighty' King of Sweden Bjornsson Eriksson and Anna Ingeborg Björnsson Thrandsdotter); died on 9 Sep 1000 in Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden.

    Styrbjorn married Thyra Haraldsdatter (maid. name 1)Denmark, Sweden. Thyra (daughter of Harald (bluetooth) Gormsson (maid. name 1) and Gunhild Haraldsdatter) was born in 947 in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Ørmen, Ostfold, Norway. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Thyra Haraldsdatter (maid. name 1) was born in 947 in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark (daughter of Harald (bluetooth) Gormsson (maid. name 1) and Gunhild Haraldsdatter); died on 18 Sep 1000 in Ørmen, Ostfold, Norway.
    Children:
    1. Prince Thorgils Prince of Sweden Sprakaleg Styrbjornsson was born in 965 in Uppsala, Denmark, Sweden; died in 1012 in Uppsala, Denmark, Sweden.
    2. 6. Thorkills Sparkalagg Styrbjornsson (maid. name 1) was born in 967 in Uppsala, Stockholm, Sweden; died on 22 Sep 1027 in Battle, Roskilde, Oresund, Denmark.

  5. 14.  Harald (bluetooth) Gormsson (maid. name 1) was born in 910 in Normandy, France (son of Gorm, "The Old, or the Sleepy", King of Denmark Hardaknutsson and Thyra Danebod Klacksdatter Jutland); died in 1031 in Hellig, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Harald married Gunhild Haraldsdatter. Gunhild was born in 905 in Copenhagen, København, Denmark; died in Dec 1029 in Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Gunhild Haraldsdatter was born in 905 in Copenhagen, København, Denmark; died in Dec 1029 in Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France.
    Children:
    1. Thyra Haraldsdatter (maid. name 1) was born in 947 in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Ørmen, Ostfold, Norway.
    2. 7. Sigrid De Crepon Sprakling (maid. name 1) was born in 956 in Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden; died on 18 Sep 1000 in Y, Somme, Picardie, France.
    3. Swein ( King of Denmark) Forkbeard was born in 960 in Jelling, Vejle, Denmark; died in 1014 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.
    4. Gunhild Maria Haraldsen died in November 1002 in Devon, England, killed in St. Brice's Day Massacre.