Princess of England Goda or Godgifu 
Princess of England was born in 1017 in Wessex,England. She was an only child. She died at the age of 38 in 1055 in Of Sudeley Manor,England.1 General Notes
Sister of Edward the Confessor; m.1 Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise, Chaumont and Amiens; mother of Ralf, earl of Hereford/East Angles. [Falaise Roll, p. 74]
NEWLIN LINE
Cousin of Robert the Magnificent. [Falaise Roll, p. 129]
Dau. of Ethelred II, King of England, and Emma, Queen of England; m. Druex Vexin; mother of Ralph the Timid Gael. [WFT Vol 1 Ped 986]
Dau. of Aethelred II, King of England, and Emma of Normandy; m. Dreux, Count of Vexin; mother of Ralph de Sudeley who m. Getha. [Ancestral Roots, Line 235, p. 201]
Dau. of Ethelred II, king of England; m.1. Dreu, count of Vexin, Pontoise, Chaumont, and Amiens; m.2. Eustache, comte de Boulogne. [Falaise Roll, p. 18]
The story of Sudeley starts in the 10th century when King Ethelred (The Unready) gave the manor of Sudeley as a wedding present to his daughter, Goda, and her bridegroom, Walter de Maunt. Their son, Ralf, became Earl of Hereford, and his heir, Harold, was the first Lord Sudeley. [Sudeley Castle & Gardens]
Sudeley is one of the stateliest piles to be found in the Cotswolds and its history dates back to the 10th century when King Ethelred 'The Unready' gave the manor to his daughter, Goda, as a wedding present. ["Gardens of the Cotswolds" by Heidi Best-Hayes, REALM, June 2002, pp. 23-28]
They had four sons named Amaury of Pontoise the Delicate, Fouque of Amiens, Gautier of Pontoise le and Ralf the Timid of East Angles.
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Children
Amaury of Pontoise the Delicate
Amaury of Pontoise the Delicate was born about 1020 in of Pontoise,,Vexin,Normandy.
Gautier of Pontoise le Vieux Count
Gautier of Pontoise le was born about 1020 in of Pontoise,of Chaumont,of Mantes,Normandy.
Ralf the Timid of East Angles Gael Earl of Hereford
Ralf the Timid of East Angles was born about 1033 in Pontoise,Vexin,Normandy and his baptism took place in Mantes,France. He died on December 21st, 1057 in of Hereford,,Warwickshire,England.
They had a son named Son of Eustace.
They had a son named Ralph de.
1 Sudeley Castle & Gardens
Further sources/citations:
Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 18, 74, 129, World Family Tree Volume 1, pre-1600 to present @ Ped 986, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 201, William I and the Norman Conquest, "Gardens of the Cotswolds" @ pp. 23-28
Further sources/citations:
Falaise Roll: Recording Prominent Companions of William Duke of Normandy at the Conquest of England @ p. 18, 74, 129, World Family Tree Volume 1, pre-1600 to present @ Ped 986, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America before 1700, Seventh Edition @ p. 201, William I and the Norman Conquest, "Gardens of the Cotswolds" @ pp. 23-28
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