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Harold II Godwinson King of England[1]

Male 1022 - 1066  (44 years)Deceased


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  • First & lastname Harold II Godwinson King of England 
    Birth 1022  Wessex, Anglo-Saxon England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 14 Oct 1066  Senlac Hill, Battle near Hastings E.Sussex Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age 44 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 P8383  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 1 Edith Swannesha,   b. 1025   d. 1086 (Age 61 years) 
    Children 
     1. Godwin (Prince of England) Haroldson,   b. 1047   d. 1072 (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Edmund Haroldsson,   b. Abt 1049  [Father: natural]
     3. Magnus Haroldson,   b. 1051   d. 1068 (Age 17 years)  [Father: natural]
    +4. Gyda Gytha Haraldsdattar of Wessex,   b. 1053, London, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1107, Kyyiv, Ukraine Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
     [Father: natural]
     5. Gunhild Haroldsdatter,   b. 1055   d. 1094 (Age 39 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2089  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2020 

    Wife 2 Ancestors Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen Consort of England,   b. 1034, Mercia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1086, Rhuddlan, Flintshire, Wales Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Other: Gruffydd (king of Gwynedd) Llywelyn  m. 1058 
    Marriage Jan 1066  Wessex, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 44 years and 1 month - She : ~ 32 years and 1 month. 
    Children 
     1. Ulf Haroldsson,   b. 1066   d. 1067 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]
     2. Harold III Haroldsson,   b. 1066   d. 1098 (Age 32 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F2090  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=8383