Sveyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia^[1]

Abt 1020 - 1052  (~ 32 years)

• Name	Sveyn Godwinson
  Suffix	Earl of Mercia
  Birth	Abt 1020
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1043
  	Earl of Mercia
  	In 1043 Sweyn was raised to an earldom which included Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Somerset. Earls of Hereford, First Creation (1043) Swegen Godwinson was Earl (1043\endash 1051) earldom forfeit 1051\endash 1052
  Death	29 Sep 1052	Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium
  	Cause: Killed
  	It appears he was driven by remorse for his sins, as he undertook a barefoot pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It was on his return from there he was killed, although the sources differ on where
  Notes	http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal05373 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Godwinson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Hereford (Medical):It appears he was driven by remorse for his sins, as he undertook a barefoot pilgrimage to Jerusalem. It was on his return from there he was killed, although the sources differ on where
  Person ID	I8224	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	31 May 2013

  
  

  Father	Godwin of Wessex, Earl of Wessex and Kent,   b. Abt 987   d. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England (Age ~ 66 years)
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir,   b. Denmark d. Aft 1069, Flanders
  Family ID	F3357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Edgiva of Leominster, Abbess of Leominster   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  	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.
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Haakon,   b. 1046   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Tostig   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F3359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 May 2013

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).