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Harold II Godwineson King of England

Harold II Godwineson King of England

Male Abt 1022 - 1066  (~ 44 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Harold II Godwineson King of England was born about 1022 (son of Godwin Earl of Kent & Wessex and Gytha); died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle Of Hastings; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex.

    Family/Spouse: Eadgyth Swan-Neck. Eadgyth and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Godwine of England and died.
    2. Edmund of England and died.
    3. Magnus of England and died.
    4. Gunhild (Nun At Wilton) of England and died.
    5. Ulf of England was born in Dec 1066; and died.
    6. Gytha of England died on 5 Jul 1107.

    Harold married Ealdgyth of Mercia in 1064. Ealdgyth (daughter of Aelfgar Earl of Mercia and Aelfgifu) died after 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Harold of Wessex was born in Dec 1066; died after 1098.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godwin Earl of Kent & Wessex was born about 987 (son of Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex); died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

    Godwin married Gytha about 1019. (daughter of Thorgils Sprakalegg and Thyra of Denmark) died after 1069. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Gytha (daughter of Thorgils Sprakalegg and Thyra of Denmark); died after 1069.
    Children:
    1. 1. Harold II Godwineson King of England was born about 1022; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle Of Hastings; was buried in Waltham Abbey, Essex.
    2. Edith Godwin died on 19 Dec 1075.
    3. Tostig Godwinsson Earl of Northumbria was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Battle Of Stamford Bridge, Northumberland; was buried in York Minster.
    4. Sveyn Earl of Mercia died on 29 Sep 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.
    5. Leofwine Earl of Kent died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle In Sussex.
    6. Gyrth Earl of East Anglia died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle In Sussex.
    7. Driella and died.
    8. Wulfnoth and died.
    9. Alfgar Monk At Rheims and died.
    10. Edgiva and died.
    11. Elgiva died about 1066.
    12. (Nun) Gunhilda died on 24 Aug 1087 in Bruges, Flanders.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex and died.
    Children:
    1. 2. Godwin Earl of Kent & Wessex was born about 987; died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire; was buried in Winchester Cathedral.

  2. Children:
    1. Ulf of Denmark and died.
    2. 3. Gytha died after 1069.



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