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Finally, King Harold Godwinson's son Harold Haroldson joined the retinue of King Magnus III of Norway; his descendants may have been the many Godwins who appear in Eastern Norway from the early 13th century. As earls, that is, quasi-sovereign princes, the family maintained its own hirð (pre-nobility retinue), including housecarls.
King Harold depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry. Very little is known for certain of the ancestry of the Godwins, the family of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold II. When King Edward the Confessor died in January 1066 his closest relative was his great-nephew, Edgar the Ætheling, but he was young and lacked powerful supporters. Harold ...
Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 [1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. Harold's death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. He was succeeded by William the Conqueror. Harold Godwinson was a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Cnut the Great.
Harold (c. 1065 – 1098) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile by the Norman conquest of England , and found refuge at the court of the king of Norway. Birth and parentage
Godwin or Godwine [1] (fl. 1066 – 1069) was a son, probably the eldest son, of Harold Godwinson, King of England.He was driven into exile in Dublin, along with two of his brothers, by the Norman conquest of England, and from there he twice led expeditions to south-western England, but with little success.
Magnus (fl. 1068) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England.He was, in all likelihood, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England, along with two of his brothers, and from there took part in one, or perhaps two, expeditions to south-western England, but with little military success.
Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Herefordshire (c. 1020 – 29 September 1052) Harold II of England (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066) Edith of Wessex, (c. 1025 – 18 December 1075), queen consort of Edward the Confessor; Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (c. 1026 – 25 September 1066) Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia (c. 1032 – 14 October 1066)
Edmund or Eadmund (Within the Anglo-Saxon alphabet it was likely spelt) ᚪᛖᛞᛘᚩᚾᛞ or Ædmund [1] (fl. 1068 – 1069) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England , along with two of his brothers, and from there he twice took part in expeditions to south-western ...
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