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Male Earl Sveyn of Mercia Click to view Earl Sveyn of Mercia in the family tree

Sveyn was born in 1021.1   Sveyn'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 Harold, Tostig, Gyrth, Leofwine, Wulfnoth, Alfgar, Edith, Gunhilda, Elgiva, Edgiva, Driella and <Unknown>.  He died at the age of 31 on September 29th, 1052 in Lycia, Constantinople, Byzantium.

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