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Godwin Earl Of Wessex 1001–1053 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1001

Birth Location: Wessex, England

Death Date: 15 Apr 1053

Death Location: Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England

Father: Wulfnoth Sussex

Mother: Thyra Denmark

Spouse(s): Gytha Thorgilsson

Children(s): Harold England

The story of Godwin / Earl Of Wessex began in 1001 in Wessex, England. Godwin Earl Of Wessex married Gytha Thorgilsson, and had children including Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King Of England. Godwin / Earl Of Wessex passed away in 1053 in Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Godwin // Earl Of Wessex began in 1001 in Wessex, England.
  • Godwin // Earl Of Wessex married Gytha Thorgilsson, and had children including Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King Of England.
  • Godwin // Earl Of Wessex passed away in 1053 in Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England.

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Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Godwin Wessex's Ancestors

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Godwin Wessex
1001–1053
Birth Place: Wessex, England
Parents
Wulfnoth Sussex Cyld Sussex
–1015
Wessex, England
Thyra (Svendsdatter) Denmark
–1018
Denmark
Grandparents
Aethelmaer Cild
–1015
Sussex, Devon, England
Aethelthrith (of Wessex) 1
–1017
Wessex, England
Great-Grandparents
Aethelwerd Thane
Aethelflaed Wessex
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Eadric
Aethelgifu
–1004
Ethelred Wessex
Aealhswith Mercia

Godwin Wessex's Descendants

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Godwin (Earl Of) Wessex (1001–15 Apr 1053) m. Gytha Thorgilsson (1001–1069)
  1. 1. Harold (Godwinson, Last Anglo-Saxon King of) England 1022–1066 m. Ealdgyth Mercia 1034–1086 m. Edith (Of) England 1025–1070 m. Mercia Eldgyth 1034–1080
    1. 1. Jordan (De) Sheppy 1135–1198 m. Cicely Fitzwilmar 1144–1234
      1. 1. Stephen DeNorthwode 1165–1231 m. Joan DeNorthwood 1180–1226
        1. 1. Roger (de) Northwode 1225–1285 m. Bona Fitzbernard 1233–1254 m. Bonnefilla DeWaltham 1216–1286

Godwin Wessex's Timeline

2 Records

1001
1001
Birth of Godwin // Earl Of Wessex in Wessex, England
Wessex, England
1053
15 Apr 1053
Age 52
Death of Godwin // Earl Of Wessex in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1001
    Event Place: Wessex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 15 Apr 1053
    Event Place: Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Dictionary of National Biography, Volumes 1-20, 22
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Winchester, City of Winchester, Hampshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

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