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Family: Sveyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia / Edgiva of Leominster, Abbess of Leominster (F3359)

• Male Sveyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1020
  Death	29 Sep 1052	Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium
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  Type	Associated with
  Father	Godwin of Wessex, Earl of Wessex and Kent | F3357 Group Sheet
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir | F3357 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Edgiva of Leominster, Abbess of Leominster

  
  

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  Death	Yes, date unknown
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  Male Haakon

  
  

  Birth	1046
  Death	Yes, date unknown
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  Male Tostig

  
  

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  Death	Yes, date unknown
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• Notes

  Married: In 1046, he joined in on an invasion of Deheubarth. On his return from this campaign Sweyn abducted Eadgifu, the Abbess of Leominster, apparently intending to marry her and gain control of Leominster's vast estate. However, the king refused permission and Eadgifu returned to her abbey. Late in 1047 Sweyn left England to take refuge with Baldwin, count of Flanders.