Wulfnoth Cild
(-1014)
Thorgils 'Sprakaleg' Bjornsson
unknown
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
(995-1053)
Gytha Thorgilsdatter
(Abt 997-1069)
King Harold II Godwinson of England
(1022-1066)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen consort of Wales and England
2. Edyth Swannessha Thorkellsdottir

King Harold II Godwinson of England

  • Born: 6 Jan 1022, Thanet, Kent, England
  • Marriage (1): Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen consort of Wales and England in 1066 in Westminster, Middlesex, England
  • Marriage (2): Edyth Swannessha Thorkellsdottir before 1043
  • Died: 14 Oct 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England aged 44
  • Buried: Waltham Abbey Church, Waltham Abbey, Essex, England

   FamilySearch ID: 999Y-LF2.


Harold married Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen consort of Wales and England, daughter of AElfgar Earl of Mercia and Ælfgifu, in 1066 in Westminster, Middlesex, England. (Ealdgyth of Mercia Queen consort of Wales and England was born in 1040 in Drayton, Staffordshire, England.)


Harold next married Edyth Swannessha Thorkellsdottir, daughter of Thorkell the Tall Strut Haraldsson and Wulfhild of Wessex, before 1043. (Edyth Swannessha Thorkellsdottir was born about 1025 in England and died in 1086 in England.)




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