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Harold II Godwinson King Of ENGLAND

Male Abt 1022 - 1066  (44 years)


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  1. 1.  Harold II Godwinson King Of ENGLAND was born about 1022 in Wessex, England; 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."

    Family/Spouse: Ealdgyth. Ealdgyth (daughter of Aelfgar and Aelfgifu Of ENGLAND) was born about 1034 in Mercia, England; died after 1086. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Godwin Haroldsson Prince Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1047.
    2. 3. Edmund Haraldsson Prince Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1049.
    3. 4. Magnus Haraldssson Prince Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1051.
    4. 5. Gytha Haraldsdatter Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born in London, Middlesex, England.
    5. 6. Gundhild Haraldsdatter Princess Of ENGLAND  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1055.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Godwin Haroldsson Prince Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born about 1047.

  2. 3.  Edmund Haraldsson Prince Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born about 1049.

  3. 4.  Magnus Haraldssson Prince Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born about 1051.

  4. 5.  Gytha Haraldsdatter Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born in London, Middlesex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Name: Gytha Of Wessex

    Gytha married Vladimir II MONOMAKH about 1070. Vladimir (son of Vsevolod I and Maria MONOMACHA) was born in 1053 in Kiev, Ukraine; died on 19 May 1125; was buried in Kiev. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. Mstislav II  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1076 in Kiev, Ukraine; died on 15 Apr 1132.
    2. 8. Izyaslav VADIMIROVICH  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1077 in Kursk, Russia; died on 06 Sep 1096.
    3. 9. Svyatoslav VADIMIROVICH  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1080 in Chernigov, Ukraine; died on 16 Mar 1114.
    4. 10. Yaropolk II Grand Duke Of KIEV  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1082 in Pereyaslavl, Kiev, Ukraine; died on 18 Feb 1139.
    5. 11. Vyacheslav Grand Duke Of KIEV  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1083 in Turov, Polesye, Byelorussia; died on 06 Feb 1154 in Kiev, Ukraine.
    6. 12. Marina Vadimirovna Princess Of KIEV  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1087 in Kiev, Ukraine; died in 1146.

  5. 6.  Gundhild Haraldsdatter Princess Of ENGLAND Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harold1) was born about 1055.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: A Nun at Wilton
  

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