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Male Earl Godwin of Wessex & Kent Click to view Earl Godwin of Wessex & Kent in the family tree

Godwin was born in 0990 in Wessex, England.1  Godwin's father was Wulfnoth Cyld of Sussex and his mother was <Unknown>.  His paternal grandparents were Thane Aethelmaer (The Great) Ciel of Surrey and Aethelthrith of Wessex. He had a brother named Elfwig.  He was the older of the two children.  He died at the age of 63 on April 15th, 1053 in Winchester, Hampshire, England.1 

Family Details of Godwin's family with Gytha Sprakaleg

1 http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22432&style=TABLE
Further sources/citations:
http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=jdp-fam&id=I22432&style=TABLE, Ancestral Roots of Certain American Colonists Who Came to America Before 1760

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