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Sveyn Earl of Mercia[1]

Male 1021 - 1052  (31 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Sveyn Earl of Mercia 
    Birth 1021 
    Death 29 Sep 1052  Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 31 years 
    Patriarch & Matriarch
    Cerdic the Saxon (1st King of Wessex) 1,   b. 467, Ancient Saxony, Northern, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 534, Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  (19 x Great Grandfather) 
    Gunhild Haraldsdatter,   b. 905, Copenhagen, København, Denmark Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1029, Longueville, Lot-et-Garonne, Aquitaine, France Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 124 years)  (Great Grandmother) 
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    Person ID P8384  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Father Ancestors Godwin ( 1st Earl Of Wessex) Wulfnosonn,   b. 986, Sussex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    Other: Thyra Sevindottir  m. 1022  
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ancestors Gytha of Skane Thorkelsdottir,   b. 1001, Hålland, Jamtland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1069, Artois, Flanders, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1019  Halland, Jamtland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 33 years - She : ~ 18 years. 
    Family ID F2085  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Wife Edgiva of Leominster Abbess of Leominster 
    Children 
     1. Tostig of Mercia  [Father: natural]
     2. Haakon of Mercia,   b. 1046  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2088  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

  • Sources 
    1. [S-2109027946] Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=6361038&pid=8384