 - Aft 1069
Generation: 1
| 1. | Gytha Thorkelsdóttir was born in Denmark; died after 1069 in Flanders. Family/Spouse: Godwin of Wessex, Earl of Wessex and Kent. Godwin (son of Wulfnoth of Sussex,, Cyld of Sussex) was born about 987; died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England; was buried in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Edith (Eadgyth)
was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England.
- 3. Harold II Godwineson, King of England
was born about 1022; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle, Sussex; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England.
- 4. Sveyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia
was born about 1020; died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.
- 5. Tostig of Northumbria Godwinsson, Earl of Northumberland
was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Northumberland; was buried in York Minster, York, Yorkshire, England.
- 6. Leofwine, Earl of Kent
died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle, Sussex.
- 7. Gyrth, Earl of East Anglia
died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle, Sussex.
- 8. Driella
and died.
- 9. Wulfnoth
died after 1087.
- 10. Alfgar, Monk at Rheims
and died.
- 11. Edgiva
and died.
- 12. Elgiva
died about 1066.
- 13. Gunhilda, Nun
died on 24 Aug 1087 in Bruges, Flanders; was buried in Bruges Cathedral.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Edith (Eadgyth) (1.Gytha1) was born about 1020; died on 18 Dec 1075; was buried in Westminster Abbey, London, England. Edith married Edward (St.) The Confessor, King of England on 23 Jan 1045. Edward (son of AEthelred II the Unready, King of England and Emma of Normandy, Queen of England) was born about 1002 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 5 Jan 1066 in Palace of Westminster, London; was buried on 6 Jan 1066 in Westminster Abbey, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Harold II Godwineson, King of England (1.Gytha1) was born about 1022; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle, Sussex; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex, England. Family/Spouse: Edith the Fair, Swanneck, Queen consort of England. Edith was born about 1025; died about 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harold married Ealdgyth (Edith)of Mercia about 1064 in York, Yorkshire, England. Ealdgyth (daughter of AElfgar of Mercia, Earl of Mercia and AElfgifu) was born about 1057; died after 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 20. Harold
was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England, Great Britain; died after 1098.
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| 13. | Gunhilda, Nun (1.Gytha1) died on 24 Aug 1087 in Bruges, Flanders; was buried in Bruges Cathedral. |
Generation: 3
| 20. | Harold (3.Harold2, 1.Gytha1) was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England, Great Britain; died after 1098. |
Generation: 4
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