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Name: Earl Godwin of Wessex and Kent
Sex: M
Birth: 987
Death: 15 APR 1053 in Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
Burial: Winchester Cathedral, London, England, United Kingdom.
Person Id: I19138
Tree Id: 574179

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Parents

Father:

Cyld Wulfnoth of Sussex

Mother:

Unknown

Family
Marriage:

Married: Gytha.
Gytha: Birth: in Denmark.

Children:

Earl Tostig Godwinsson of Northumberland: Birth: 1026. Death: 25 SEP 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom

Family
Marriage:

Married: Thyra Sveynsdottir.
Thyra Sveynsdottir: Birth: 993 in Denmark. Death: 1018

Notes

Note: [The Astor-Wilks Family.FTW]
An Anglo-Danish noble, he rose to power under Canute, after whose death Godwin supported the acession of Edward the Confessor and became a dominant figure in royal government. In 1045 his daughter Edith married Edward. He was overthrown in 1051 but regained his position by force in 1052. He was suceeded by his son Harold. Died of Apoplexy.

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