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Harold II Godwinsonof England 1023–1066 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: ABT 1023

Birth Location: Wessex, England

Death Date: 14 OCT 1066

Death Location: Hastings, England

Father: Godwinof Wessex

Mother: GythaThorkelsdóttir None

Spouse(s): Ealdgythof Mercia, EaldgythSvannesha None

Children(s): HaroldHaraldsson None, UlfHaraldsson None, Gunhildof Wessex, Magnusof Wessex, Eadmundof Wessex, Godwinof Wessex, Gythaof Wessex

In 1023, Harold II Godwinsonof England entered the world in Wessex, England, born to Godwinof Wessex And Gythathorkelsdottir. Harold II Godwinsonof England married Ealdgythof Mercia, Ealdgythsvannesha, and had children including Eadmundof Wessex, Godwinof Wessex, Gunhildof Wessex, Gythaof Wessex, Haroldharaldsson, Magnusof Wessex, Ulfharaldsson. Harold II Godwinsonof England passed away in 1066 in Hastings, England.

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Biography

  • In 1023, Harold II Godwinsonof England entered the world in Wessex, England, born to Godwinof Wessex And Gythathorkelsdottir.
  • Harold II Godwinsonof England married Ealdgythof Mercia, Ealdgythsvannesha, and had children including Eadmundof Wessex, Godwinof Wessex, Gunhildof Wessex, Gythaof Wessex, Haroldharaldsson, Magnusof Wessex, Ulfharaldsson.
  • Harold II Godwinsonof England passed away in 1066 in Hastings, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

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Harold England's Ancestors

Self
Harold England
1023–1066
Birth Place: Wessex, England
Parents
Godwinof Wessex
1001–1053
Sussex, England
GythaThorkelsdóttir
–1069
Grandparents
WulfnothCild
–1014
ThyraSveinsdóttir
–1018
ThorgilsStyrbjørnsson
–1027
SigridHaraldsdotter
–1000
Great-Grandparents
Æthelmaerof Sussex
–1015
Æthelthrithof Devon
–1017
StyrbjørnOlafsson
ThyraHaraldsdotter
–1000
HaraldGormsson
GunhildeOlafsdotter
–1002
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Æthelweardof Sussex
Ordgarof Devon
HaraldGormsson
GunhildeOlafsdotter
–1002
GormCnutsson
ThyraHaroldsdotter

Harold England's Descendants

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Harold (II Godwinsonof) England (ABT 1023–14 OCT 1066) m. Ealdgythof Mercia (1024–1078) m. EaldgythSvannesha (ABT 1030–ABT 1086)
  1. 1. HaroldHaraldsson 1067–1098
  2. 2. UlfHaraldsson 1067–
  3. 3. Gunhildof Wessex 1055–1093
  4. 4. Magnusof Wessex 1051–1068
  5. 5. Eadmundof Wessex 1049–1069
  6. 6. Godwinof Wessex 1045–1069
  7. 7. Gythaof Wessex 1055–1098 m. Vladimir (II Vsevolodovich) MonomakhRurik 1053–1125
    1. 1. Yaropolk (I) VladirmirovichRurik 1082–1139
    2. 2. Izyaslav VladimirovichRurik 1077–1096
    3. 3. Svyatoslav VladimirovichRurik 1080–1114
    4. 4. Viacheslav VladimirovichRurik 1083–1154
    5. 5. Marina VladimirovnaRurik 1098–1146
    6. 6. Mstislav (I Vladimirovichof) Kiev 1076–1132 m. Kristina (Ingesdotterof) Sweden –1122 m. LyubavaDmitriyevna 1104–1170
      1. 1. Maria MstislavnaRurik 1108–1179 m. Yaroslav SviatoslavichRurik 1074–1129
        1. 1. Rostislav YaroslavichRurik 1100–1153 m. Maria VasilkovnaRurik 1129–1203
      2. 2. Rostislav (I Mstilavichvan) Kiev 1110–1167
        1. 1. Agrefena (Rostislavnavan) Smolensk 1165–1234 m. IgorGlebovich 1154–1194

Harold England's Timeline

2 Records

1023
ABT 1023
Birth of Harold II Godwinsonof England in Wessex, England
Wessex, England
1066
14 OCT 1066
Age 43
Death of Harold II Godwinsonof England in Hastings, England
Hastings, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: ABT 1023
    Event Place: Wessex, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 14 OCT 1066
    Event Place: Hastings, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: FROM 1044 TO 1066

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: FROM 1053 TO 1066

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: FROM 1058 TO 1066

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Title
    Event Date: FROM 6 JAN 1066 TO 14 OCT 1066

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