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Abt 997 -
Generation: 1
1. | Gytha SPRAKALEGG was born about 997 in Halland, Sweden. Gytha married Godwin Earl Of ESSEX between 1019 and 1020. Godwin (son of Wulfnoth Cild Of WESSEX and unknown) was born about 992 in Wessex, England; died on 15 Apr 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Old Minster, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Leofwine Earl Of KENT was born about 1034 in Wessex, England; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings.
- 3. Swegen Earl Of MERCIA was born about 1021 in Wessex, England; died in 1052 in On a pilgrimage.
- 4. Edith Queen Of WESSEX was born about 1020 in Wessex, England; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey.
- 5. Gyrth Earl Of East ANGLIA was born about 1032 in Wessex, England; died on 14 Oct 1066 in Battle of Hastings.
- 6. Tostig Earl Of NORTHUMBRIA was born about 1025 in Wessex, England; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Battle of Stamford Bridge.
- 7. Wulfnoth Of WESSEX was born about 1036.
- 8. 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.
- 9. Gunhild Of WESSEX was born about 1024 in Wessex, England; died on 24 Aug 1087.
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Generation: 2
4. | Edith Queen Of WESSEX (1.Gytha1) was born about 1020 in Wessex, England; died on 18 Dec 1075 in Winchester, Hampshire, England; was buried in Westminster Abbey. Family/Spouse: Edward The Confessor King Of ENGLAND. Edward (son of Ethelred II "The Ready" King Of ENGLAND and Emma Princess Of NORMANDY) was born about 1004 in Islip, Oxfordshire, England; died on 05 Jan 1066 in London, Middlesex, England; was buried in St Peter's Church, Westminister, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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8. | Harold II Godwinson King Of ENGLAND (1.Gytha1) 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]
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9. | Gunhild Of WESSEX (1.Gytha1) was born about 1024 in Wessex, England; died on 24 Aug 1087. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: A Nun in Flanders
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