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Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex 1053–1107 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1053

Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England

Death Date: 01 May 1107

Death Location: Saint Sophia's Cathedral, City of Kiev, Ukraine

Father: Harold England

Mother: Ealdgyth England

Spouse(s): Vladimir Rus

Children(s): Yuri Kiev, Roman Vladimyrovich, Mstislav Kiev

Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex was born in 1053 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of Harold Ii Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King Of England And Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England. Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex married Vladimir Ii Monomakh Vsevolodovich Rurik Dynasty Grand Prince Of Kievan Rus, and had children including Mstislav I Vladimirovich Harald Rurik Dynasty 11Th Grand Prince Of Kiev, Roman Vladimyrovich, Yuri Georg I Dolgoruki Long Arms Vladimirovich Rurik Dynasty Grand Duke Of Kiev. Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex passed away in 1107 in Saint Sophia's Cathedral, City of Kiev, Ukraine.

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Biography

  • Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex was born in 1053 in London, Middlesex, England, the child of Harold Ii Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King Of England And Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England.
  • Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex married Vladimir Ii Monomakh Vsevolodovich Rurik Dynasty Grand Prince Of Kievan Rus, and had children including Mstislav I Vladimirovich Harald Rurik Dynasty 11Th Grand Prince Of Kiev, Roman Vladimyrovich, Yuri Georg I Dolgoruki Long Arms Vladimirovich Rurik Dynasty Grand Duke Of Kiev.
  • Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex passed away in 1107 in Saint Sophia's Cathedral, City of Kiev, Ukraine.

Immediate Family

Parents

Harold England
1001–1066
Birth Location: Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
HE
Ealdgyth England
1025–1086
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EE

Spouses(s)

Vladimir Rus
1053–1125
Birth Location: Kiev, Kyivs'ka, Ukraine
VR

Children(s)

Yuri Kiev
1091–1157
Birth Location: Suzdal', Vladimir, Russia
YK
Roman Vladimyrovich
–1119
Birth Location: –
RV
Mstislav Kiev
1076–1132
Birth Location: Kyyiv, Kiev, Ukraine
MK

Gytha Wessex's Ancestors

Self
Gytha Wessex
1053–1107
Birth Place: London, Middlesex, England
Parents
Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England
1001–1066
Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
Ealdgyth (Edith "Fair Swan Neck," Queen of) England
1025–1086
Wessex, England
Grandparents
Godwin (Earl of Wessex,) Anglo-Saxon
1001–1053
Sussex, England
Gytha (Thorkelsdóttir) Sprakalegg
–1050
Halland, Sweden
Alfgar (Ælfgar III, Gruffydd Malet, 7th Earl of Leicester, Earl of East Anglia, Duke of) Mercia
1002–1059
Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, Mercia, England
Elfgifu (Aelgifu Princess of) Wessex
–1054
Wessex, England
Great-Grandparents
Wulfnoth Sussex'
–1014
Thorgil rule
–1009
Leofric Coventry
–1057
Godgifu taxation
–1057
Æthelred tribute
–1016
Ælfgifu Thoreddottir
–1002
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aethelmar Cild
–1015
Leofwine Devonshire
–1028
Alwara Mercia
–1030
Thorold Mercia
–1041
Lady Malet
–1000
Edgar England
Aelfthryth England
–1000
Thored England

Gytha Wessex's Descendants

1.
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Gytha (Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of) Wessex (1053–01 May 1107) m. Vladimir (II Monomakh Vsevolodovich Rurik dynasty, Grand Prince Of Kievan) Rus (1053–19 May 1125)
  1. 1. Yuri ((Georg) I Dolgoruki "Long Arms" Vladimirovich Rurik Dynasty, Grand Duke of) Kiev 1091–1157 m. Helena (Elena Komnenos, Princess of) Byzantium 1095–1183 m. Anna (Acrovna) Kumans 1092–1124
    1. 1. Vsevolod (III "The Big Nest" Yuryevich, Rurik Dynasty, Grand Prince of) Vladimir 1154–1212 m. Mariya (Marfa Shvarnovna, Saint of) Ossetia 1156–1205
      1. 1. Yaroslav (II Fedor Vsevolodovich, Rurik House, Grand Prince of) Vladimir-Kiev 1191–1246 m. Theodosia (Fedosia) Igorevna 1194–1230
        1. 1. Aleksandr (I Nevski of Kiev, Grand Duke of Vladimir, Russian Orthodox) Saint 1219–1263 m. Praskoviya Aleksandra 1215–
        2. 2. Vasilii ((Vasily) Rurik of Kiev, Grand Duke of) Vladimir –1277
        3. 3. Theodore (Rurik of Kiev, Duke of) Norgorod 1219–1233
        4. 4. Yaroslav (III, Rurik House, Grand Duke of) Vladimir-Kiev 1230–1271 m. Xenia (Kseniya Yurievna, Saint of Tarusa, Grand Princess of) Vladimir 1246–1312
        5. 5. Mikhail (Rurik of Kiev, Duke of) Moscow 1224–1248
        6. 6. Constantine (Duke of) Galich 1230–1255
      2. 2. Konstanin (of) Rostov 1186–1218
      3. 3. Yurii (Lurii) Rostov 1189–1238
      4. 4. Yaroslav (II) Vladimir 1191–1246
    2. 2. Olga (Youriévna de) Rurikide –1181
  2. 2. Roman Vladimyrovich –1119
  3. 3. Mstislav (I, Vladimirovich Harald, Rurik Dynasty, 11th Grand Prince of) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Christina (Ingesdotter of Sweden, Swedish princess, Grand Duchess of) Kiev 1080–1122
    1. 1. Eupraxia (Rurik) Dynasty, 1130–1186 m. Geza (II Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary, King of Croatia, Dalmatia &) Rama 1130–1162
      1. 1. Bela (III Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary & Croatia, DNA match per) MyTrueAncestry.com 1148–1196 m. Marguerite ('Margaret of France' Capet ( Árpád), Queen of England and) Hungary 1157–1197 m. Agnes (de Châtillon, Queen Consort of Hungary, 2nd wife, Countess of Antioch, Holy) Land 1154–1184
        1. 1. Constance (Konstanze of Hungary Árpád dynasty, Queen consort of) Bohemia 1180–1240 m. Otakar (I Přemysl, Duke of Bohemia, King of) Bohemia 1155–1230
        2. 2. Emmerich (Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary &) Croatia 1174–1204 m. Constance (of Aragon, Queen of Hungary & Sicily, Holy Roman) Empress 1179–1222
        3. 3. Andrew ((András) II Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary & Croatia, 5th) Crusade 1177–1235 m. Yolanda (de Courtenay, Queen of) Hungary 1200–1233 m. Gertrude (Andechs-Merania, Queen of) Hungary 1185–1213 m. Beatrice (House d'Este, Queen consort of Hungary, 3rd) wife 1215–1245
        4. 4. Margaret (Margit Árpád dynasty, Empress consort of Byzantine Empire, Queen consort of) Thessalonica 1175–1223 m. Nicholas (de St Omer, Lord of) Boetia 1178–1219 m. Boniface (Bonifatius I von) Montferrat 1150–1207 m. Isaac (II de Angelos, Emperor of Byzantine Empire; restored to his throne by the) Crusaders 1156–1204
      2. 2. Elisabeth (Arpad Dynasty, Duchess of Bohemia, Princess of) Hungary 1149–1189 m. Fredericke (Přemyslid dynasty de Bohemia, Duke of Bohemia &) Olomouc 1140–1189
        1. 1. Helena (De Bohemia Princess of) Bohemia 1158–
        2. 2. Sophia (De Bohemia Margravine of) Meissen 1159–1185
        3. 3. Ludmilla (House of Přemyslid Duchess consort of Bavaria, Countess consort of) Bogen 1160–1240 m. Louis (I Von Wittelsbach, Duke of Bavaria, Count Palatine of Rhine, 5th Crusade: Siege of) Damietta-1218 1173–1231 m. Adalbert (VI De Bogen, Count of) Bogen 1165–1198
        4. 4. Vratislaus (De Bohemia Prince of) Bohemia 1162–1180
        5. 5. Olga (De Bohemia Princess of) Bohemia 1163–1173
      3. 3. Helena (Ilona of Hungary de Arpad, Duchess of) Austria 1158–1199 m. Leopold (V Von Babenberg, Duke of Austria, The Virtuous; 3rd Crusade: Siege of) Acre 1157–1194
        1. 1. Leopold (VI House of Babenberg of Austria,, Duke of) Austria 1176–1230 m. Theodora (Angelina, Byzantine Empire, became a) nun 1182–1246
        2. 2. Frederick (I Von Babenberg, Duke of Austria; German Crusade of) 1197 1175–1198
        3. 3. Agnes (Von Babenberg, Duchess of) Austria 1177–
        4. 4. Bertha (Von) Babenberg 1179–
      4. 4. Stephen (III Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary, Croatia, &) Dalmatia 1147–1172 m. Agnes (of) Austria 1154–1182
        1. 1. Bela (Árpád dynasty, Prince of) Hungary 1168–1169
    2. 2. Ingeborg (Mstislavna, Rurik Dynasty, Ruthenian) princess 1100–1130 m. Knud ((Canute) Lavard Estriden, Danish prince, duke &) Saint 1096–1131
      1. 1. Valdemar (Waldemar I 'The Great' Estridsen, King of) Denmark 1131–1182 m. Sophia (Vladimirovna Rurikide of Novgorad & Minsk, Queen of) Denmark 1140–1198
        1. 1. Ingeborg (Estridsen, Danish princess, Queen of France (although never) crowned) 1172–1236 m. Philippe (II von) Frankreich 1165–1223
        2. 2. Waldemar (II van) Denemarken 1170–1241 m. Berengaria (van Portugal, Infanta of Portugal; Queen Consort of) Denmark 1194–1221
        3. 3. Helena (van) Denemarken 1176–1233
        4. 4. Canute (VI King of Denmark) (issueless) 1163–1202 m. Gertrude (of Saxony, Queen of) Denmark 1155–1196
    3. 3. Rostislaw (I Michael van) Nowgorod 1110–1168
    4. 4. Iziaslav (II of Kiev, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Pereyaslav, Turov, Rostov, Volhynia & Pereyaslavi, progenitor of the Monomakhovychi Volhynian) br 1096–1154 m. Gertrude (Agnes von Hohenstaufen, Grand Princess of Kiev, Princess of Germany, Princess of Holy Roman) Empire 1110–1151
      1. 1. Yaroslav (II John Iziaslavich Rurik dynasty, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Turov, Novgorod &) Lutsk 1132–1180 m. Richeza (Vladislava de Bohemia, Princess of Czech, Grand Princess of) Kiev 1135–
        1. 1. Ingvar (Yaroslavich Rurik dynasty, Grand Prince of Kiev, Prince of Dorogobuzh, Lutsk &) Volodymyr-Volynsky 1160–1220
        2. 2. Izyaslav (Yaroslavich Rurik dynasty, Prince of Dorogobuzh, DNA match to Sandra Fried Griffin per) MyTrueAncestry –1195
      2. 2. Eudoxia (Izlaslavna, Princess of Kiev; High Duchess Consort of Poland; Duchess of Greater) Poland 1131–1187 m. Mieszko (III 'The Old' de Piast, High Duke of Poland (1173-), Duke of Greater Poland) (1138-death) 1126–1202
        1. 1. Anastasia (of Greater Poland, Duchess Regent of) Pomerania 1164–1240
    5. 5. Malmfred (Rurik Dynasty, Russian princess and a medieval Norwegian and Danish queen) consort 1095–1137 m. Eric (II 'the Memorable' Estridsen, king of Denmark, illegitimate) son 1090–1137 m. Sigurd (I 'The Crusader' Magnusson Hardrada house, King of Norway, expedition with King Magnus III to Orkney Islands, 1st Norwegian-led Crusade to Jerusalem) 1107 1090–1130
      1. 1. Kristin (Sigurdsdatter, Norwegian) princess 1125–1178
      2. 2. Magnus (IV 'the Blind' Sigurdsson, House of Hardrada, King of Norway (illegitimate), Uncle Harald Gille had him blinded, castrated, one leg cut off, imprisoned at Nidarholm) Abbey 1115–1139 m. Christina (of) Denmark 1119–1139

Gytha Wessex's Timeline

2 Records

1053
1053
Birth of Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex in London, Middlesex, England
London, Middlesex, England
1107
01 May 1107
Age 54
Death of Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of Wessex in Kiev, Ukraine
Kiev, Ukraine

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1053
    Event Place: London, Middlesex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Millennium File
    [2] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [3] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 01 May 1107
    Event Place: Kiev, Ukraine
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Saint Sophia's Cathedral, City of Kiev, Ukraine
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index
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