1. | 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]
Children:
- Tostig ( EARL OF NORTHUMBRIA) Godwinsson was born in 1001 in Essex, England; died in 1066 in Killed at Stamford of Bridge, Yorkshire, England.
- Thurstan Red Abbot Ely was born in 1004 in Essex, England; died in 1074 in Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
- Edith of Wessex was born in 1020 in Of, , Wessex, England; died on 19 Dec 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, , England.
- Sveyn Earl of Mercia was born in 1021; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.
- 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.
Godwin married Thyra Sevindottir in 1022. Thyra was born in Denmark; died in 1018. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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