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Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England 1022–1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1022

Birth Location: Wessex

Death Date: 14 October 1066

Death Location: Bosham, West Sussex, England

Father: Godwin Kent

Mother: Gytha Thorkelsdottir

Spouse(s): Edith Fair

Children(s): Gytha Wessex

The story of Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England began in 1022 in Wessex. Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England married Edith The Fair, and had children including Gytha Of Wessex. Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England passed away in 1066 in Bosham, West Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England began in 1022 in Wessex.
  • Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England married Edith The Fair, and had children including Gytha Of Wessex.
  • Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England passed away in 1066 in Bosham, West Sussex, England.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Harold England's Ancestors

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Harold England
1022–1066
Birth Place: Wessex
Parents
Godwin Earl of Kent
1001–1053
Gytha Thorkelsdottir
1005–1095
Grandparents
Wufnoth (Cild Saxon Earl of) Kent
–1015
Thorkill Sprakalagg
–1027
Great-Grandparents
Aethelmaer Great
–1015
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Aethelweard Wessex

Harold England's Descendants

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Harold (Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of) England (1022–14 October 1066) m. Edith (the) Fair (1025–1086)
  1. 1. Gytha (of) Wessex 1055–1107 m. Vladimir (II of) Kiev 1053–1125
    1. 1. Mstislav (I of) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Ljoebava Dimitriejevna –1168
      1. 1. Euphrosyne (of) Kiev 1130–1193 m. Geza (Arpad) II 1130–1162
        1. 1. Bela (of Hungary) III 1148–1196 m. Agnes (of) Antioch 1150–1184

Harold England's Timeline

2 Records

1022
1022
Birth of Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England in Wessex
Wessex
1066
14 October 1066
Age 44
Death of Harold Godwinson Last Anglo Saxon King of England in Battle of Hastings
Battle of Hastings

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1022
    Event Place: Wessex
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 October 1066
    Event Place: Battle of Hastings
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] International, Find a Grave Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Bosham, West Sussex, England
    Record Source: International, Find a Grave Index

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