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Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX 1001–1053 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1001

Birth Location: Wessex Anglo Saxon England

Death Date: 15 Apr 1053

Death Location: Winchester, Hampshire, England

Father: Wulfnoth CILD

Mother: Cyld SVEYNSDOTTIR

Spouse(s): Gytha THORGILSDOTTIR

Children(s): Edith WESSEX, Harold Godwinson, Svein GODWINSSON, Gunnhild GODWINSDOTTIR, Tostig GODWINSSON, Marigard GODWINSSON, Leofwine GODWINSSON

In 1001, Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX entered the world in Wessex Anglo Saxon England, born to Wulfnoth Thegn Of Sussex Cild And Cyld Sveynsdottir. Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX married Gytha Thorgilsdottir, and had children including Edith Queen Consort England Wessex, Gunnhild Godwinsdottir, Harold Ii Godwinson, Leofwine Godwinsson, Marigard Wessex Godwinsson, Svein Godwinsson, Tostig Godwinsson. Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX passed away in 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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  • In 1001, Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX entered the world in Wessex Anglo Saxon England, born to Wulfnoth Thegn Of Sussex Cild And Cyld Sveynsdottir.
  • Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX married Gytha Thorgilsdottir, and had children including Edith Queen Consort England Wessex, Gunnhild Godwinsdottir, Harold Ii Godwinson, Leofwine Godwinsson, Marigard Wessex Godwinsson, Svein Godwinsson, Tostig Godwinsson.
  • Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX passed away in 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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Godwin WESSEX's Ancestors

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Godwin WESSEX
1001–1053
Birth Place: Wessex Anglo Saxon England
Parents
Wulfnoth Thegn of Sussex CILD
–1015
Wessex, England
Cyld SVEYNSDOTTIR
–1015
Wessex, England
Grandparents
Aethelmaer (Thane) SUSSEX
–1015
Sussex, Devon, England
Aethelthrith WESSEX
–1017
Wessex, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Godwin WESSEX's Descendants

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Godwin (Earl of Kent) WESSEX (1001–15 Apr 1053) m. Gytha THORGILSDOTTIR (1001–1069)
  1. 1. Edith (Queen Consort England) WESSEX 1025–1075 m. King (Edward The Confessor) ENGLAND 1002–1065
    1. 1. Aethelreda (Princess of England) DUNBAR 1045–1082 m. Gospatrick (I) DUNBAR 1040–1075
      1. 1. Walthe (DUNBAR) 26GGF 1062–1138 m. Sigrid (DEALLERDALE) 26GGM 1075–1126
        1. 1. Gunnild (DUNBAR) 25GGM 1134–1166 m. Uchtred (Lord DEGALLOWAY) 25GGF 1118–1174
      2. 2. Gospatrick (Ii Mormear 2Nd Earl of Northumberland) DUNBAR 1062–1138 m. Sybil (Bearly Countess of Dunbar) MORAY 1074–1117
        1. 1. Gospatrick (Iii 2Nd Earl of) DUNBAR 1090–1166 m. Derdere DUNBAR 1094–1149
        2. 2. Walthe (of) DUNBAR 1090–1138
  2. 2. Harold (II) Godwinson 1022–1066 m. Edith (the Fair, Swan Neck) Mercia 1025–
    1. 1. Gytha (of) Wessex 1053–1098 m. Vladimir (II Monomakh) Kiev 1053–1125
      1. 1. Mstislav (I Grand Prince of Kiev ( Vladimirovich the Great ) ( Mystislaw ) ( Rurik) ) 1076–1132 m. Ljubava (Dmitrievna Grand Duchess of) Kiev 1100–1167
        1. 1. Euphrosyne (Queen consort of Hungary ( of Kiev \ Kyivof Novgorod) ) 1130–1193 m. Géza (HUNGARY) II 1130–1161
  3. 3. Svein GODWINSSON 1023–1052
  4. 4. Gunnhild GODWINSDOTTIR 1024–1087
  5. 5. Tostig GODWINSSON 1025–1066
  6. 6. Marigard (Wessex) GODWINSSON 1033–1083
  7. 7. Leofwine GODWINSSON 1034–1066

Godwin WESSEX's Timeline

2 Records

1001
1001
Birth of Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX in Wessex Anglo Saxon England
Wessex Anglo Saxon England
1053
15 Apr 1053
Age 52
Death of Godwin Earl of Kent WESSEX in Winchester, Hampshire, England
Winchester, Hampshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1001
    Event Place: Wessex Anglo Saxon England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1053
    Event Place: Winchester, Hampshire, England
    Record Source: Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22

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