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 Abt 1049 -
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
| 2. | Harold II Godwinson King Of ENGLAND was born about 1022 in Wessex, England (son of Godwin Earl Of ESSEX and Gytha SPRAKALEGG); died on 14 Oct 1066 in Senlac, Sussex, England (slain in the Battle of Hastings); was buried in "The Cliffs of Fairlight" near Senlac. Other Events and Attributes:
- Burial: (2)Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cros., Essex, England
- Fact: Between 1045-1053, Earl of East Anglia
- Fact: Between 1053-1066, Earl of Wessex
Notes:
Excerpts from Blood Royal: Harold Godwinson, though descended from the Kings of Wessex, was not considered to be of the English royal bloodline, yet in 1066, ke was elected, consecrated, and crowned King of england. In less than a year, he lost crown, country, and life. Harold had for possibly twenty years or more a common-law or hand-fast wife known as Edith Swan-Neck by whom he had issue. It was she who came after Harold's last and fatal battle "to find the mutilated corpse and to identify her lover by markings known only to herself."
Harold married Ealdgyth. Ealdgyth (daughter of Aelfgar and Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND) was born about 1034 in Mercia, England; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Ealdgyth was born about 1034 in Mercia, England (daughter of Aelfgar and Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND); died after 1086. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Edith of Mercia
- Fact: Was briefly Queen consort of England by her second marriage to harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
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