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Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England 1022–1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1022

Birth Location: Wessex, England

Death Date: 14 Oct 1066

Death Location: Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England

Father: Godwin Wessex

Mother: Gytha Sprakalegg

Spouse(s): Ealdgyth Consort

Children(s): Gytha Wessex

Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England was born in 1022 in Wessex, England, the child of Godwin Earl Kent And Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdatter Sprakalegg. Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England married Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Demercia Wessex Queen Consort, and had children including Gytha Haraldsdatter Of Wessex. Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England passed away in 1066 in Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England was born in 1022 in Wessex, England, the child of Godwin Earl Kent And Wessex And Gytha Thorgilsdatter Sprakalegg.
  • Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England married Ealdgyth Edith Fair Swan Neck Demercia Wessex Queen Consort, and had children including Gytha Haraldsdatter Of Wessex.
  • Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England passed away in 1066 in Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England.

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Harold England's Ancestors

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Harold England
1022–1066
Birth Place: Wessex, England
Parents
Godwin Earl Kent And Wessex
1001–1053
Wessex, England
Gytha (Thorgilsdatter) Sprakalegg
–1069
Denmark
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Harold England's Descendants

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Harold (Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of) England (1022–14 Oct 1066) m. Ealdgyth (Edith Fair "Swan Neck" Demercia Wessex Queen) Consort (1034–1086)
  1. 1. Gytha (Haraldsdatter Of) Wessex 1053–1107 m. Vladimir (Ii Monomakh Grand Prince of) Kiev 1053–1125
    1. 1. Mstislav (I Vladimirovich "Harald The Great" Grand Prince) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Christina (Ingesdotter Princess Of) Sweden 1078–1122
      1. 1. Izizslar (Ii Grand-Duc De Kiev) Rurikide 1107–1154 m. Princess (Ljubav Von) Hohenstaufen 1115–1151
        1. 1. Yaroslav Rurikide 1135–1175 m. Prezmyslide 1141–

Harold England's Timeline

2 Records

1022
1022
Birth of Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England in Wessex, England
Wessex, England
1066
14 Oct 1066
Age 44
Death of Harold Ii Godwinson Of Wessex King of England in Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England
Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1022
    Event Place: Wessex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 Oct 1066
    Event Place: Killed during the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in, Sussex, England

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