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Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England 1001–1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Abt. 1001

Birth Location: Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England

Death Date: 14 Oct 1066

Death Location: Rother District, East Sussex, England

Father: Godwin Anglo-Saxon

Mother: Gytha Sprakalegg

Spouse(s): Ealdgyth England, Edith Swanneck

Children(s): Gytha Wessex, Godwin Leinster, Edmund England, Magnus Wrocław, Gunhild Wessex

The story of Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England began in 1001 in Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England. Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England married Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England, Edith The Fair Swanneck, and had children including Edmund Godwinson Driven Into Exile In Dublin By The Norman Conquest Of England, Godwin Godwinson Anglo Saxon After Hastings In Dublin Under The Protection Of King Diarmait Of Leinster, Gunhild Godwinson Anglo Saxon Of Wessex, Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House Of Godwin Of Wessex, Magnus Godwinson After Hastings Fleed To Dublin To Seek Help From Anti Norman Coalitions Count Of Wrocaw. Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England passed away in 1066 in Rother District, East Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England began in 1001 in Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England.
  • Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England married Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Queen Of England, Edith The Fair Swanneck, and had children including Edmund Godwinson Driven Into Exile In Dublin By The Norman Conquest Of England, Godwin Godwinson Anglo Saxon After Hastings In Dublin Under The Protection Of King Diarmait Of Leinster, Gunhild Godwinson Anglo Saxon Of Wessex, Gytha Gyda Haraldsdatter House Of Godwin Of Wessex, Magnus Godwinson After Hastings Fleed To Dublin To Seek Help From Anti Norman Coalitions Count Of Wrocaw.
  • Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England passed away in 1066 in Rother District, East Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Godwin Anglo-Saxon
1001–1053
Birth Location: Sussex, England
GA
Gytha Sprakalegg
–1050
Birth Location: Halland, Sweden
GS

Spouses(s)

Ealdgyth England
1025–1086
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EE
Edith Swanneck
1025–1086
Birth Location: Mercia, England
ES

Children(s)

Gytha Wessex
1053–1107
Birth Location: London, Middlesex, England
GW
Godwin Leinster
1045–1066
Birth Location: England
GL
Edmund England
1046–1068
Birth Location: Anglos Saxon Wessex, England
EE
Magnus Wrocław
1044–1068
Birth Location: England
MW
Gunhild Wessex
1066–1093
Birth Location: –
GW

Harold England's Ancestors

Self
Harold England
1001–1066
Birth Place: Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
Parents
Godwin Earl of Wessex, Anglo-Saxon
1001–1053
Sussex, England
Gytha (Thorkelsdóttir) Sprakalegg
–1050
Halland, Sweden
Grandparents
Wulfnoth (Cild 'Thegn of) Sussex'
–1014
England
Thorgil (Thorkell 'Torkel the Fast' the Tall Sprakling, Danish Chieftain warlord; Cnute gave East Anglia to him to) rule
–1009
Great-Grandparents
Aethelmar Cild
–1015
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aethelweard Cild

Harold England's Descendants

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Harold (II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of) England (Abt. 1001–14 Oct 1066) m. Ealdgyth (Edith "Fair Swan Neck," Queen of) England (1025–1086) m. Edith (the Fair) Swanneck (1025–1086)
  1. 1. Gytha (Gyda Haraldsdatter House of Godwin, of) Wessex 1053–1107 m. Vladimir (II Monomakh Vsevolodovich Rurik dynasty, Grand Prince Of Kievan) Rus 1053–1125
    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
        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
        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
        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
        4. 4. Stephen (III Árpád dynasty, King of Hungary, Croatia, &) Dalmatia 1147–1172 m. Agnes (of) Austria 1154–1182
      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
      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–
        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
      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
  2. 2. Godwin (Godwinson, Anglo Saxon, After Hastings, in Dublin under the protection of king Diarmait of) Leinster 1045–1066
  3. 3. Edmund (Godwinson, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of) England 1046–1068
  4. 4. Magnus (Godwinson, after Hastings, fleed to Dublin to seek help from anti Norman coalitions, Count of) Wrocław 1044–1068
  5. 5. Gunhild (Godwinson, Anglo Saxon of) Wessex 1066–1093 m. Alan\Alain (de) Bretagne 1040–

Harold England's Timeline

2 Records

1001
Abt. 1001
Birth of Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England in Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
1066
14 Oct 1066
Age 65
Death of Harold II Godwinson, last Anglo-Saxon King of England in killed Battle of Hastings on Sunlac Hill, Rother District, Sussex, England
killed Battle of Hastings on Sunlac Hill, Rother District, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Abt. 1001
    Event Place: Anglo Saxon Wessex Kingdom, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1066
    Event Place: killed Battle of Hastings on Sunlac Hill, Rother District, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index
    [2] UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Rother District, East Sussex, England
    Record Source: UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index
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