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Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England 1004–1047 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1004

Birth Location: Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France

Death Date: c 1047

Death Location: Lewes Priory, Sussex, England

Father: Ethelred Wessex

Mother: Emma Norway

Spouse(s): Drogo Valois, Eustace Count

Children(s): Earl Hereford, Adele Mantes

The story of Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England began in 1004 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France. Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England married Drogo De Mantes Count Of Vexin Valois, Eustace Ii Of Boulogne Count, and had children including Adele De Mantes, Earl Ralph The Timid De Sudeley Earl Of Hereford. Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England passed away in 1047 in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.

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Biography

  • The story of Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England began in 1004 in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France.
  • Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England married Drogo De Mantes Count Of Vexin Valois, Eustace Ii Of Boulogne Count, and had children including Adele De Mantes, Earl Ralph The Timid De Sudeley Earl Of Hereford.
  • Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England passed away in 1047 in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Princess England's Ancestors

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Princess England
1004–1047
Birth Place: Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
Parents
Ethelred II Mucel The Unready King of England de Wessex
–1016
Wessex, England
Emma ('The Flower Princess' of Normandy, Queen consort of England, Denmark and) Norway
–1052
Courcy, Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France
Grandparents
Saint (King Edgar 'The Peacable') ENGLAND
Wessex, England
Elfrida (Elfthryth) ElfridaElfthryth/
–1000
Lydford Castle, Devonshire, England
Duke (Richard I "the Fearless") Normandy
Fécamp, Le Havre, Seine-Maritime, Haute-Normandie, France
Gunnora (of) Normandy
–1031
Arques La Bataille, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
Great-Grandparents
King England
Saint Shaftesbury
Ealdorman Devonshire
917–
Wulfrith Devonshire
–1031
William Normandy
Sprota Senlis
–1005
2nd-Great-Grandparents
King Wessex
Eadgifu Kent
SIGEHELM Kent
WYNFLAED SHAFTESBURY
Duke Hrolfr
of Pope

Princess England's Descendants

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Princess (Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of) England (1004–c 1047) m. Drogo (de Mantes Count of Vexin &) Valois (996–1 JUL 1035) m. Eustace (II of Boulogne) Count (1020-30–1087-93)
  1. 1. Earl (Ralph "The Timid" De Sudeley Earl of) Hereford 1026–1057 m. Countess (Gytha Clopa Countess of) Hereford 1028–1099
    1. 1. Harold (De) Sudeley 1057–1115 m. Matilda Lupus 1071–
      1. 1. John (De) Sudeley 1103–1140 m. Grace (De) Tracy 1105–1140
        1. 1. Sir (William II De) Tracy 1133–1224 m. Hawise (De) Borne 1137–1180
        2. 2. Lord (Ralph De) Sudeley 1131–1192 m. Emma (de) Beauchamp 1137–1192
      2. 2. Robert (1 Fitz harold) DeEwyas –1147
    2. 2. LeSire Tregoz 1042–
    3. 3. Ralph, (Earl of Norfolk, de Montfort de) Gael 1040–1095
    4. 4. Hardwin SUFFOLK 1044–
    5. 5. Daughter BRITTANY 1042–
    6. 6. Ralph (De Waiet) Gael 1040–1096
    7. 7. Lesire Tregoz 1074–1131
  2. 2. Adele (de) Mantes 1019–1080

Princess England's Timeline

2 Records

1004
1004
Birth of Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England in Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
1047
c 1047
Age 43
Death of Princess Godgifu (Goda) Wessex of England in Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
Lewes Priory, Sussex, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1004
    Event Place: Soissons, Aisne, Picardie, France
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: c 1047
    Event Place: Lewes Priory, Sussex, England
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current
    [2] Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

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