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  2. Godwin, Earl of Wessex - Wikipedia

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    Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r.

  3. Earl Godwin (radio newsman) - Wikipedia

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    Earl Godwin (January 24, 1881 – September 23, 1956) was a prominent 20th century newsman and radio personality. After a successful career as a print journalist and editor, he transitioned into one of the leading newscasters and commentators of the Golden Age of Radio , attracting a nationwide audience.

  4. House of Godwin - Wikipedia

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    Godwin, Earl of Wessex, after whom the family is named, was the son of one Wulfnoth, probably to be identified with Wulfnoth Cild, [4] [5] a Sussex thegn who in 1009, having been accused of unspecified crimes, deserted the service of the English king Æthelred the Unready along with a fleet of twenty ships.

  5. Ancestry of the Godwins - Wikipedia

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    The family is named after Harold's father, Earl Godwin, who had risen to a position of wealth and influence in the 1020s under Danish King Cnut the Great. In 1045 Godwin's daughter, Edith, married King Edward the Confessor, and by the mid-1050s Harold and his brothers had become dominant, almost monopolising the English earldoms. Godwin's ...

  6. Earl of Wessex - Wikipedia

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    Earl Portrait Birth Marriage(s) Death Godwin, Earl of Wessex House of Godwin also: Earl of Kent (1020) Born probably in Sussex, Godwin's father was probably Wulfnoth Cild, who was a thegn of Sussex: Gytha Thorkelsdóttir c. 997 11 children 15 April 1053 Winchester, Hampshire, England Age unknown: Harold Godwinson House of Godwin also: Earl of ...

  7. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir - Wikipedia

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    Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman.She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor.

  8. Harold, son of Harold Godwinson - Wikipedia

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    Harold's family was one of the most powerful in Anglo-Saxon England: his paternal grandfather was Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and his father was Harold Godwinson, who inherited the same title and was crowned king of England at the beginning of 1066.

  9. British Railways ships - Wikipedia

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    Earl Godwin: 1966 4,018 - Built in 1966 by AB Öresundvarvet, Landskrona, Sweden for Rederi AB Svea, Stockholm. Chartered from August - September 1974 by British Rail. Laid up in October 1974 at Helsingborg, Sweden. Sold the next month to Lloyd's Leasing Ltd, London. Chartered to British Rail. Renamed Earl Godwin in 1975. Registered in 1979 to ...