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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: Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cross, , Essex, England

Father: Godwin, Wessex

Mother: Gytha Thorkelsdóttir

Spouse(s): Ealdgyth Mercia, Ealdgifu Swannaschels

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

In 1022, Harold II Godwinson, King of England entered the world in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, born to Godwin Earl Of Wessex And Gytha Thorkelsdottir. Harold II Godwinson, King of England married Ealdgifu Swannaschels, Ealdgyth Of Mercia, and had children including Alnod Jordanus Cilt De Sheppey, Edmund Haraldson, Godwine Haroldsson, Gunhild Of Wessex, Gytha Of Wessex Godwineson, Magnus Haraldsson Prince Of England, Ulf Haroldson. Harold II Godwinson, King of England passed away in 1066 in Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cross, , Essex, England.

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Biography

  • In 1022, Harold II Godwinson, King of England entered the world in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, born to Godwin Earl Of Wessex And Gytha Thorkelsdottir.
  • Harold II Godwinson, King of England married Ealdgifu Swannaschels, Ealdgyth Of Mercia, and had children including Alnod Jordanus Cilt De Sheppey, Edmund Haraldson, Godwine Haroldsson, Gunhild Of Wessex, Gytha Of Wessex Godwineson, Magnus Haraldsson Prince Of England, Ulf Haroldson.
  • Harold II Godwinson, King of England passed away in 1066 in Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cross, , Essex, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Godwin, Wessex
–1053
Birth Location: Sussex, England
GW
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
–1069
Birth Location: –
GT

Spouses(s)

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

Children(s)

Gytha Godwineson
1053–1107
Birth Location: Wessex, England
GG
Godwine Haroldsson
1047–1085
Birth Location: Essex, England
GH
Gunhild Wessex
1066–1098
Birth Location: Edmonton, Middlesex, England
GW
Alnod Sheppey
1042–1126
Birth Location: Norwood Manor, Isle Sheppy, Kent, England
AS
Edmund Haraldson
1049–1087
Birth Location: Wessex, England
EH
Ulf Haroldson
1047–1087
Birth Location: Wessex
UH
Magnus England
1050–
Birth Location: –
ME

Harold England's Ancestors

Self
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. Ealdgyth (of) Mercia (1024–Aft 25 Sep 1086) m. Ealdgifu Swannaschels (Abt 1025–1080)
  1. 1. Gytha (of Wessex) Godwineson 1053–1107 m. Vladimir Monomakh 1053–1125
    1. 1. Viacheslav (Mstislav "the Great" Vladimirovich) Rurik 1076–1132 m. Christina Ingesdotter 1078–1122 m. Liubava (Dmitrievna) Zavidich 1100–1168
      1. 1. Ingeborg (of Novgorod or Kiev, Queen of) Denmark 1099–1137
      2. 2. Helena (Evfrosinia Rurik) Mstislavna 1130–1193 m. Géza Árpád 1130–1162
        1. 1. Erzsbet (of) Hungary 1149–1189 m. Friedrich (von) Böhmen 1141–1189
        2. 2. Béla Árpád 1148–1196 m. Agnès d'Antioche 1154–1184 m. Marguerite (de) France 1157–1197 m. Maria Komnene 1142–1182
        3. 3. Ilona Árpád 1158–1199 m. Leopold (V von) Babenberg 1147–1194
        4. 4. István Árpád 1147–1172 m. Yaroslava 1147–1194 m. Agnes (von) Österreich 1154–1182
        5. 5. Géza (Johannész) Árpád(házi) 1151–1210
        6. 6. Arpad Hungary 1154–1154
        7. 7. Odola Hungary 1156–1199 m. Svatopluk (of) Bohemia 1143–1169
        8. 8. Margit Árpád 1162–1208
        9. 9. Alexiosz (III. Béla) Árpád-házi –1196
      3. 3. Euphrosine 1130–1186 m. Géza Árpád 1130–1162
      4. 4. Malmfrid Mstislavsdatter 1094–1137 m. Sigurd Magnusson 1090–1130
        1. 1. Kristin Sigurdsdottir 1125–1178 m. Erling («Skakke») Ormsson 1115–1179 m. Sigurd (Munn) Haraldsson 1129–1155 m. Halvar (Gunnersson) Hvite 1120–1160
      5. 5. Dobredeya ("Irina" Evpraksia Princess Of) Kiev 1097–1131 m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire 1091–1130 m. Alexios 1106–1142 m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire 1091–1130 m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire 1091–1130 m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire 1091–1130 m. Andronkos (Sebastokrator) Komnenos 1091–1130 m. Andronikos (( Komnene) Prince Of Byzantine) Empire 1091–1130
      6. 6. Vselovod (Novgorod) Mstislavich 1100–1138 m. Anna (Svyatoslavna Princess Of) Chernigov 1094–1159
      7. 7. Maria (Mstislavna of) Kiev 1101–1179 m. vsévolod (II olégovitch DE) KIEV 1084–1146
      8. 8. Xenia (of) Kiev 1108–
      9. 9. Mstislav (Rostislavich "the Brave") Novgorod 1110–1167 m. Eufemia Moravia 1110– m. Feodosia (Glebovna -) Ryazan 1163–1180 m. Agnes (von) Schwaben 1107–1151 m. Afanasia (von) Rjäsan 1120–
      10. 10. 1117–1180 m. Oleg (Svyatoslavich Duke Of Novgorod-) Seversk 1113–1180 m. 1153–1195
      11. 11. Isiaslav ((Izyaslav) II RURIKID of) KIEV 1096–1154
      12. 12. Vladimir Mstislavich 1132–1174 m. Banovna (of) Serbia 1135–
    2. 2. Yuri (I Dolgorukiy) Vladimirovich 1091–1157 m. Anna (Aëpovna of the) Cumans 1092–1124 m. N. (von) Polowcen 1090–1124 m. Agneja Polowezki 1092–1124 m. Dolgoruki 1100– m. Helene Komnene 1121–1183 m. Olga (Elena Princess Of The Byzantine) Empire 1091–1180 m. Aepa Ocenevich 1099–
      1. 1. Olga (Evfrosiniya) Yurievna 1112–1182 m. Yaroslav ((Jaroslaw) "Osmomysl" Vladimirkovich of) Halych 1135–1187
        1. 1. Viacheslava ((Vysheslava Eufrosinia) Yaroslavna of) Halych 1168–1201 m. Odon (Mieshkovich) Piast 1141–1194
        2. 2. Yaroslava 1147–1194 m. Odon (Mieshkovich) Piast 1141–1194 m. Vladimir Yaroslavich 1151–1199 m. István Árpád 1147–1172
        3. 3. Vladimir Yaroslavich 1151–1199 m. Yaroslava 1147–1194 m. Boleslava (Svyatoslavna Princess Of) Chernigov 1151– m. Miss (Yaroslavna Princess Of) Galich 1154–
        4. 4. N (von) Halicz 1150–1176
        5. 5. Evfrosiniya Yaroslavna 1152– m. Igor (Yurij Svyatoslavich of Novgorod-) Seversk 1151–1202 m. Igor Svyatoslavich 1151–1201
        6. 6. Oleg (Nastasich, Prince Of) Galich 1160–1188
        7. 7. Maria Rurikovich 1160– m. Dobroniega (of) Kalisch 1160–
    3. 3. Marina (Vladimirovna Princess of) Kiev 1070–1139 m. Leonidas Diogenes 1072–1116
    4. 4. Agatha Kiev 1070–1141
    5. 5. Svantoslav (Prince of) Kiev 1072–
    6. 6. Harald Vladimirsson 1076–1132
    7. 7. Izyaslav (Vladimirovich) Suzdal 1077–1096
    8. 8. Svyatoslav (Vladimirovich) Chernigov 1080–1114
    9. 9. Yaropolk Vladimirovich 1082–1139 m. Yasynya (Elena) Ossetian 1096–
    10. 10. Vyacheslav (I Of) Kiev 1083–1154
    11. 11. Agrafia (Vladimirovna Of) Kiev 1084–
    12. 12. Roman Vladimirovich 1093–1119
    13. 13. Euphemia Vladimirovna 1095–1139 m. Kálmán (Könyves) Árpádházi 1074–1116
    14. 14. Rostislav (I) Vladimirovich 1096–
    15. 15. Harold Nastilaw 1097–1132
    16. 16. Andrej (" The Good") Vladimirovich 1102–1141 m. of Kumans 1110–
  2. 2. Godwine Haroldsson 1047–1085 m. unnamed wife 1064–1086
    1. 1. Ann Godwin 1075–1119 m. Botolph Stourton 1075–1110
      1. 1. Robert Stourton 1107–1180 m. Agnes (de) Stafford 1114–1150
        1. 1. William Stourton 1150–1185 m. William (de) Stourton 1152–
        2. 2. Rose Stourton 1135–1185 m. Alexander (de) Baumville 1145–1210
      2. 2. Galfrid Stourton 1112–
      3. 3. Geoffrey DeStourton 1114–
      4. 4. Alan DeStourton 1125–
      5. 5. Ralph (de) Stourton
    2. 2. Waeltheow (of) Wessex –1066
  3. 3. Gunhild (of) Wessex 1066–1098 m. Alain ("Le Roux" de) Penthièvre 1040–1089 m. Alan ("the Black" of) Brittany 1050–1098
    1. 1. Matilda (de) Penthievre 1049–1136 m. Walter Deincourt 1042–1103
      1. 1. Walter Deincourt 1100–1168 m. Matilda Musard 1100–1170
        1. 1. John Deincourt 1132–1183
        2. 2. Oliver Deincourt 1120–1141
        3. 3. Roger Deincourt –1176
        4. 4. Walter (III) Deincourt
      2. 2. Ralph DEINCOURT 1086–1140 m. Basilie 1090–1140
        1. 1. Adelicia Deincourt 1143–1183 m. Thomas (Darcy Lord Of) Nocton 1143–1180 m. Thomas (II DARCY) (D'ARICI) 1143–1180
        2. 2. Ralph Deincourt 1102–1181 m. Basilia (de) Lincoln 1118–1150
        3. 3. Hugh (Deincourt) (D’Encourt)) 1108–
      3. 3. Ansgar Brito 1082–
      4. 4. William Deincourt 1085–1100
  4. 4. Alnod (Jordanus Cilt De) Sheppey 1042–1126 m. Cicely Fitzwilmar 1170–1234
  5. 5. Edmund Haraldson 1049–1087
  6. 6. Ulf Haroldson 1047–1087
  7. 7. Magnus (Haraldsson Prince of) England 1050–

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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