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Harold II Godwinson, King of England 1022 – 1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1022

Birth Location: Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 14 Oct 1066

Death Location: Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Father: Godwin, Wessex

Mother: Gytha Thorkelsdóttir

Spouse(s): Ealdgifu Swannaschels, Ealdgyth Mercia

Children(s): Alnod Sheppey, Godwine Haroldsson, Ulf Haroldson, Edmund Haraldson, Magnus England, Gytha Godwineson, Gunhild Wessex

The story of Harold II Godwinson, King of England began in 1022 in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. Harold II Godwinson, King of England married Ealdgifu Swannaschels, Ealdgyth of Mercia, and had children including Alnod Jordanus Cilt De Sheppey, Godwine Haroldsson, Ulf Haroldson, Edmund Haraldson, Magnus Haraldsson Prince of England, Gytha of Wessex Godwineson, Gunhild of Wessex. Harold II Godwinson, King of England passed away in 1066 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • The story of Harold II Godwinson, King of England began in 1022 in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom.
  • Harold II Godwinson, King of England married Ealdgifu Swannaschels, Ealdgyth of Mercia, and had children including Alnod Jordanus Cilt De Sheppey, Godwine Haroldsson, Ulf Haroldson, Edmund Haraldson, Magnus Haraldsson Prince of England, Gytha of Wessex Godwineson, Gunhild of Wessex.
  • Harold II Godwinson, King of England passed away in 1066 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Godwin, Wessex
– 1053
Birth Location: Sussex, England
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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
– 1069
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Ealdgifu Swannaschels
1025 – 1080
Birth Location: Wessex
ES
Ealdgyth Mercia
1024 – 1086
Birth Location: Mercia, England
EM

Children(s)

Alnod Sheppey
1042 – 1126
Birth Location: Norwood Manor, Isle Sheppy, Kent, England
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Godwine Haroldsson
1047 – 1086
Birth Location: Essex, England
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Ulf Haroldson
1047 – 1087
Birth Location: Wessex
UH
Edmund Haraldson
1049 – 1087
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EH
Magnus England
1050 –
Birth Location: –
ME
Gytha Godwineson
1053 – 1107
Birth Location: Wessex, England
GG
Gunhild Wessex
1066 – 1098
Birth Location: Edmonton, Middlesex, England
GW

Harold England's Ancestors

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Harold England
1022 – 1066
Birth Place: Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
– 1053
Sussex, England
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
– 1069
Grandparents
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Harold England's Descendants

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Harold (II Godwinson, King of) England (1022 – 14 Oct 1066) m. Ealdgifu Swannaschels (Abt 1025 – 1080) m. Ealdgyth (of) Mercia (1024 – 5 Aug 1086)
  1. 1. Alnod (Jordanus Cilt De) Sheppey (1042 – 1126) m. Cicely Fitzwilmar (1170 – 1234)
  2. 2. Godwine Haroldsson (1047 – Abt 1086) m. unnamed wife (1064 – Aft 1086)
    1. 1. Ann Godwin (Bet 7 Jan 1075 and 6 Jan 1076 – 1119) m. Botolph Stourton (1075 – 1110)
      1. 1. Robert Stourton (1107 – 1180) m. Agnes (de) Stafford (1114 – Aft 1150)
        1. 1. Rose Stourton (1135 – 1185) m. Alexander (de) Baumville (1145 – 1210)
        2. 2. William Stourton (Abt 1150 – 1185) m. William (de) Stourton (1152 – Deceased)
      2. 2. Galfrid Stourton (Abt 1112 – )
      3. 3. Geoffrey DeStourton (1114 – )
      4. 4. Alan DeStourton (1125 – )
      5. 5. Ralph (de) Stourton ( – Deceased)
    2. 2. Waeltheow (of) Wessex ( – Aft 1066)
  3. 3. Ulf Haroldson (Bet 1047 and 1053 – Aft 1087)
  4. 4. Edmund Haraldson (Abt 1049 – 1087)
  5. 5. Magnus (Haraldsson Prince of) England (1050 – )
  6. 6. Gytha (of Wessex) Godwineson (1053 – 5 Feb 1107) m. Vladimir Monomakh (26 May 1053 – 19 May 1125) m. Vsevolodovna
    1. 1. Marina (Vladimirovna Princess of) Kiev (1070 – 4 Apr 1139) m. Leonidas Diogenes (Abt 1072 – 1116)
    2. 2. Agatha Kiev (1070 – 1141)
    3. 3. Svantoslav (Prince of) Kiev (Abt 1072 – )
    4. 4. Harald Vladimirsson (1076 – 14 May 1132)
    5. 5. Viacheslav (Mstislav "the Great" Vladimirovich) Rurik (1 Jun 1076 – 15 Apr 1132) m. Christina Ingesdotter (7 Oct 1078 – 18 Jan 1122) m. Liubava (Dmitrievna) Zavidich (Abt 1100 – 1168)
      1. 1. Malmfrid Mstislavsdatter (Abt 1094 – 1137) m. Sigurd Magnusson (1090 – 26 Mar 1130)
        1. 1. Kristin Sigurdsdottir (Abt 1125 – 1178) m. Erling («Skakke») Ormsson (1115 – 18 Jun 1179) m. Sigurd (Munn) Haraldsson (Abt 1129 – 6 Feb 1155) m. Halvar (Gunnersson) Hvite (1120 – 1160)
      2. 2. Dobredeya ("Irina" Evpraksia Princess Of) Kiev (Abt 1097 – 16 Nov 1131) m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. of (the Byzantine Empire) Andronikos m. of (the Byzantine Empire) Alexios m. Andronikos Kommenos m. Andronikos Kommenos m. Andronikos m. Alexios m. Andronicus Comnenus m. Alexios (Jan 1106 – 2 Aug 1142) m. Geiza (III) King m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. Andronkos (Sebastokrator) Komnenos (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire (15 Apr 1091 – 1130) m. Andronikos
      3. 3. Ingeborg (of Novgorod or Kiev, Queen of) Denmark (1099 – 1137)
      4. 4. Vselovod (Novgorod) Mstislavich (1100 – 11 Feb 1138) m. Anna (Svyatoslavna Princess Of) Chernigov (Abt 1094 – 1159)
      5. 5. Maria (Mstislavna of) Kiev (1101 – 1179) m. vsévolod (II olégovitch DE) KIEV (1084 – 1 Aug 1146)
      6. 6. Xenia (of) Kiev (1108 – ) m. Briacseslov
      7. 7. Mstislav (Rostislavich "the Brave") Novgorod (1110 – 14 Mar 1167) m. Eufemia Moravia (1110 – ) m. Feodosia (Glebovna -) Ryazan (Abt 1163 – 1180) m. Agnes (von) Schwaben (Abt 1107 – 1151) m. Afanasia (von) Rjäsan (1120 – )
      8. 8. (1117 – 18 Jan 1180) m. Oleg (Svyatoslavich Duke Of Novgorod-) Seversk (Abt 1113 – 18 Jan 1180) m. (1153 – 1195)
      9. 9. Rogneda (Of) Kiev
      10. 10. Isiaslav ((Izyaslav) II RURIKID of) KIEV (1096 – 1154) m. MRS (ISIASLAV II RURIKID OF) KIEV
      11. 11. Helena (Evfrosinia Rurik) Mstislavna (1130 – 1186) m. Géza Árpád (1130 – 31 May 1162)
        1. 1. István Árpád (Jul 1147 – 4 Mar 1172) m. Yaroslava (Abt 1147 – Aft 1194) m. Agnes (von) Österreich (1154 – 13 Jan 1182)
        2. 2. Béla Árpád (Abt 1148 – 23 Apr 1196) m. Agnès d'Antioche (Abt 1154 – 1184) m. Maria Komnene (Abt 1142 – 1182) m. Theodora Komnena m. Marguerite (de) France (Nov 1157 – Abt 10 Sep 1197)
        3. 3. Erzsbet (of) Hungary (Abt 1149 – Abt 12 Jan 1189) m. Friedrich (von) Böhmen (1141 – 25 Mar 1189)
        4. 4. Géza (Johannész) Árpád(házi) (1151 – 1210)
        5. 5. Arpad Hungary (Abt 1154 – Abt 1154)
        6. 6. Odola Hungary (Abt 1156 – 25 Dec 1199) m. Svatopluk (of) Bohemia (Abt 1143 – Aft 15 Oct 1169)
        7. 7. Ilona Árpád (Abt 1158 – 25 Dec 1199) m. Leopold (V von) Babenberg (1147 – 31 Dec 1194)
        8. 8. Margit Árpád (Abt 1162 – Abt 1208)
        9. 9. Alexiosz (III. Béla) Árpád-házi ( – 1196)
        10. 10. Inés (De) Chatillon-Sur-Loing
      12. 12. Vladimir Mstislavich (1132 – 30 May 1174) m. Banovna (of) Serbia (Abt 1135 – )
      13. 13. Euphrosine (1130 – 1186) m. Géza Árpád (1130 – 31 May 1162)
    6. 6. Izyaslav (Vladimirovich) Suzdal (1077 – 6 Sep 1096)
    7. 7. Svyatoslav (Vladimirovich) Chernigov (Abt 1080 – 16 Mar 1114)
    8. 8. Yaropolk Vladimirovich (1082 – 18 Feb 1139) m. Yasynya (Elena) Ossetian (Abt 1096 – )
    9. 9. Vyacheslav (I Of) Kiev (1083 – 2 Feb 1154)
    10. 10. Agrafia (Vladimirovna Of) Kiev (1084 – )
    11. 11. Yuri (I Dolgorukiy) Vladimirovich (1091 – 15 May 1157) m. N. (von) Polowcen (Abt 1090 – 1124) m. Anna (Aëpovna of the) Cumans (Abt 1092 – 1124) m. N (von) Kumanien m. N (von) Kumanien m. Agiorovna (of) Cumans m. Agneja Polowezki (1092 – 1124) m. Dolgoruki (Abt 1100 – ) m. Helene Komnene (1121 – 21 Jul 1183) m. Olga (Elena Princess Of The Byzantine) Empire (Abt 1091 – 14 Jul 1180) m. Aepa Ocenevich (Abt 1099 – ) m. unk wife
      1. 1. Olga (Evfrosiniya) Yurievna (1112 – 14 Jul 1182) m. Yaroslav ((Jaroslaw) "Osmomysl" Vladimirkovich of) Halych (1135 – 8 Jan 1187)
        1. 1. Yaroslava (Abt 1147 – Aft 1194) m. Vladimir Yaroslavich (1151 – Abt 1199) m. István Árpád (Jul 1147 – 4 Mar 1172) m. Odon (Mieshkovich) Piast (1141 – 20 Nov 1194)
        2. 2. N (von) Halicz (Abt 1150 – Aft 1176)
        3. 3. Vladimir Yaroslavich (1151 – Abt 1199) m. Yaroslava (Abt 1147 – Aft 1194) m. Boleslava (Duchess Of) Haliez m. Boleslava (Svyatoslavna Princess Of) Chernigov (1151 – ) m. m. Miss (Yaroslavna Princess Of) Galich (Abt 1154 – )
        4. 4. Evfrosiniya Yaroslavna (Abt 1152 – ) m. Igor (Yurij Svyatoslavich of Novgorod-) Seversk (10 Apr 1151 – 1202) m. Igor Svyatoslavich (Abt 3 Apr 1151 – Bet 1201 and 1202)
        5. 5. Oleg (Nastasich, Prince Of) Galich (Abt 1160 – Sep 1188)
        6. 6. Maria Rurikovich (Abt 1160 – ) m. Dobroniega (of) Kalisch (Abt 1160 – )
        7. 7. Viacheslava ((Vysheslava Eufrosinia) Yaroslavna of) Halych (1168 – 1201) m. Odon (Mieshkovich) Piast (1141 – 20 Nov 1194)
        8. 8. Jewfrosinja (Jaroslsvna) OfHalicz m. Igor (Svjatoslavitsch) PrinceOfNowgorodAnTschernigov (10 Apr 1151 – )
    12. 12. Roman Vladimirovich (Abt 1093 – 6 Jan 1119)
    13. 13. Euphemia Vladimirovna (1095 – 4 Apr 1139) m. Kálmán (Könyves) Árpádházi (1074 – 3 Feb 1116)
    14. 14. Rostislav (I) Vladimirovich (1096 – ) m. Rostislav
    15. 15. Harold Nastilaw (Abt 1097 – 1132)
    16. 16. Andrej (" The Good") Vladimirovich (11 Jul 1102 – 22 Jan 1141) m. of Kumans (Abt 1110 – )
  7. 7. Gunhild (of) Wessex (1066 – 1098) m. Alain ("Le Roux" de) Penthièvre (1040 – 4 Aug 1089) m. Alan ("the Black" of) Brittany (Abt 1050 – Abt 1098)
    1. 1. Matilda (de) Penthievre (1049 – 1136) m. Walter Deincourt (1042 – Abt 1103)
      1. 1. Ansgar Brito (1082 – )
      2. 2. William Deincourt (1085 – 3 Nov 1100)
      3. 3. Ralph DEINCOURT (Abt 1086 – Abt 1140) m. Matilda (FitzRalph de) Rye m. Basilie (Abt 1090 – Bet 1140 and 1150)
        1. 1. Ralph Deincourt (Abt 1102 – 1181) m. Basilia (de) Lincoln (1118 – 1150)
        2. 2. Hugh (Deincourt) (D’Encourt)) (1108 – )
        3. 3. Adelicia Deincourt (1143 – 1183) m. Thomas (Darcy Lord Of) Nocton (1143 – 2 Jul 1180) m. Thomas (II DARCY) (D'ARICI) (1143 – 2 Jul 1180)
        4. 4. Alured Deincourt
        5. 5. Robert Deincourt
      4. 4. Walter Deincourt (Abt 1100 – 1168) m. Matilda Musard (1100 – 1170)
        1. 1. Oliver Deincourt (Abt 1120 – 1141)
        2. 2. John Deincourt (Abt 1132 – 6 Nov 1183)
        3. 3. Roger Deincourt ( – Aft 1176)
        4. 4. Walter (III) Deincourt ( – before father no issue)
      5. 5. Roger Deincourt

Harold England's Timeline

3 Records

1020
1020
Harold II Godwinson, King of England was christened in Also Of, Isle Of Thanet, Kent, England
Also Of, Isle Of Thanet, Kent, England
1022
1022
Birth of Harold II Godwinson, King of England in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
Northumberland, England, United Kingdom
1066
14 Oct 1066
Age 44
Death of Harold II Godwinson, King of England in Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom
Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1022
    Event Place: Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 1020
    Event Place: Also Of, Isle Of Thanet, Kent, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1066
    Event Place: Hastings, East Sussex, England, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cross, , Essex, England
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