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Male Earl Gyrth of East Anglia Click to view Earl Gyrth of East Anglia in the family tree

Gyrth was born in 1032.1   Gyrth'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, Harold, Tostig, Leofwine, Wulfnoth, Alfgar, Edith, Gunhilda, Elgiva, Edgiva, Driella and <Unknown>.  He died as a war casualty, Battle of Hastings, at the age of 34 on October 14th, 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

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