Godwin Haroldsson

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Godwin Haroldsson

Godwin was born about 1047. Godwin's father was Harold II Godwineson and his mother was Ealdgyth of Mercia. His paternal grandparents were Ealdorman of Wessex Godwin and Gytha Sprakalegg Thorgilsdatter; his maternal grandparents were III Ælfgar and Ælfgifu Elgiva of Northumbria. He had four brothers and two sisters, named Edmund, Magnus, Prince of England, Prince of England, Gunhild and Gytha. He was the oldest of the seven children. He had three half-brothers and a half-sister, named Maredudd ap, Idwal Ap, Gruffyd II ap and Nesta ferch.

Ancestor Pedigree Chart
- Thegn Aethelwerd ^*
  - b.~  0915 d.~  0998
  
  Aethelmaer Cild
  - b.~  0935 d.~  1015
  
  Wulfnoth Cild
  - b.~  0965 d.1015
  
  Ealdorman of Wessex Godwin
  - b.~  0995 in Wessex, England d.15 Apr 1018
  
  Harold II Godwineson
  - b.~  1022 in Wessex, England d.14 Oct 1066 in Slain at battle of Hastings
  
  Olaf "Mitkg" Bjornsson ^*
  - b.~  0885 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~  0985
  
  Styrbjorn "the Strong" Olafsson
  - b.~  0930 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark d.0984
  
  Ingeberg Thrandsdatter ^*
  - b.~  0885
  
  Torgil "Sparkalägg" Styrbjörnsson
  - b.~  0940 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.0985
  
  Harald II Blåtann Gormsson ^*
  - b.~  0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.1 NOV 987 in Jomsburg, Denmark
  
  Thyra Haraldsdatter
  - b.~  0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
  
  Cyrid Olafsdatter ^*
  - b.~  0925 in Uppsala, Sweden
  
  Gytha Sprakalegg Thorgilsdatter
  - b.~  0997 in Uppsala, Sweden
  
  Sigrid
  - b.~  0941 in Halland, Sweden
  
  Godwin Haroldsson
  - b.~  1047
  
  Edulph of Wessex ^*
  - b.0921 in Wessex, England
  
  Earl of Mercia and Staffordshire Leofwine
  - b.0950 in Mercia, England d.1023
  
  Lady of Mercia Ælfwyn ^*
  - b.0905 in Mercia, England
  
  III Leofric
  - b.14 MAY 968 in Mercia, England d.31 Aug 1057 in Bromley, Staffordshire, England
  
  Athelstan Mannesson ^*
  - b.0925 in Mercia, England
  
  Alwara of Mercia
  - b.0955 in Mercia, England
  
  III Ælfgar
  - b.<  1002 in Mercia, England d.1059 in Mercia, England
  
  Thorold of Buckingham
  - b.0955 in Mercia, England
  
  Lady Godiva of Coventry
  - b.0980 in Mercia, England d.10 Sep 1067 in Coventry, Warwickshire
  
  Ealdgyth of Mercia
  - b.~  1035 in Mercia, England d.>  1070
  
  Edmund I "The Magnificent'^*
  - b.0921 in Wessex, England d.26 MAY 946 in Glastonbury, England
  
  Edgar 'the Peaceful'
  - b.0944 in Wessex, England d.8 JUL 975 in Wessex, England
  
  Ælfgifu Elgiva , " The Fairies Gift"
  - b.~  0922 in Wessex, England d.~  0944
  
  Æthelred II 'The Unready'
  - b.~  0968 in Wessex, England d.23 Apr 1016 in London, England
  
  Ealdorman of Devon Ordgar
  - b.~  0917
  
  Ælfthryth (Elfrida)
  - b.~  0945 in Devonshire, England d.1000 in Wessex, England
  
  Wulfrith
  - b.~  0917
  
  Ælfgifu Elgiva of Northumbria
  - b.0997 in Wessex, England
  
  Thored Gunnarsson
  - b.0938 in Wessex, England
  
  Ælflaed (Elfreda)
  - b.~  0968 in Wessex, England d.1003
  
  ^*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)

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