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Male King Harold Godwineson of England II Click to view King Harold Godwineson of England II in the family tree

Harold was born in 1022 in Wessex, England.1   Harold's father was Earl Godwin of Wessex & Kent and his mother was Gytha Sprakaleg.  His paternal grandparents were Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex and <Unknown>; his maternal grandparents were Thorkils (Sparkalägg) Styrbjornsson and Sigrid. He had six brothers and six sisters, named Sveyn, Tostig, Gyrth, Leofwine, Wulfnoth, Alfgar, Edith, Gunhilda, Elgiva, Edgiva, Driella and <Unknown>.  He died at the age of 44 on October 14th, 1066 in Senlac, Sussex, England.2 

Family Details of Harold's family with Queen Edith of England

1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=jdp-fam&id=I22391
2 http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=bevangenealogy&id=I10587&style=TABLE
Further source/citation:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bevangenealogy&id=I10574

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