• Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman. She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King...
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  • 1107). Her paternal grandparents were Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. According to the 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, after...
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  • Denmark, where he distinguished himself, and shortly afterwards married Gytha, the sister of the Danish earl, Ulf, who was married to Cnut's sister, Estrid...
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    son of Godwin (c. 1001–1053), the powerful earl of Wessex, and of Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, whose brother Ulf the Earl was married to Estrid Svendsdatter (c...
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  • Kyiv Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 - c. 1069), Danish noble, mother of King Harold Godwinson and of Edith of Wessex, grandmother of the former Gytha Ogg...
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  • in 1022/3, but apparently left England for Scandinavia in 1024. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir – married Godwin, Earl of Wessex; mother of King Harold Godwinson...
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  • third son of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the daughter of Danish chieftain Thorgil Sprakling. In 1051, he...
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    Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...
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  • likely that Godwin and Edmund accompanied their sister Gytha, aunt Gunnhild, and grandmother Gytha when they fled to St Omer in Flanders in, perhaps, late...
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    earldoms on Sweyn and Harold, Godwin's two eldest sons by his Danish wife Gytha. The family survived a short-lived exile in Flanders 1051-1052. After Godwin's...
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    Rex Harold p. 31 Tyler, 2017, pp. 209 Stafford, 2009, pp. 121–126 Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Frank Barlow, Edward the Confessor, Yale University Press: London...
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    rival principalities. He was the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex. He is figured prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name Harald...
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  • Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...
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    brother Eilaf was an earl of King Cnut the Great and his sister Gytha Thorkelsdóttir married Godwin, Earl of Wessex. In 1016, he participated in Cnut...
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    Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...
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    Godwin's father was probably Wulfnoth Cild, who was a thegn of Sussex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir c. 997 11 children 15 April 1053 Winchester, Hampshire, England Age...
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    Harold's brothers and his housecarls, were left on the battlefield. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Harold's mother, offered the duke the weight of her son's body in...
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    Grand Prince of Kiev (1132–1139). He was a son of Vladimir II Monomakh and Gytha of Wessex. He fought in several campaigns against the Cumans, once in 1103...
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  • playwright, children's writer, and member of the Fabian Society Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, also known as Githa, Danish noble Ongole Gittha, 2013 Indian film...
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  • Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...
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    – 14 October 1066 (282 days) c. 1022 Son of Godwin of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (1) Edith Swannesha 5 children (2) Ealdgyth c. 1064 2 sons 14 October...
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    mother, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, took refuge in Exeter, which then became the main focus in the West Country of resistance to Norman rule. Gytha had considerable...
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    portion of the Lands of Godwine, Earl of Kent and his second wife Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. After the Norman conquest of England, its name was recorded in the...
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  • Death Resting place Spouse Edith of Wessex Godwin, Earl of Wessex Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 1029 23 January 1045 4 January 1066 Husband's death 19 December 1075...
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    Saxons at Watchet. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle records that in 1067, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, mother of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, stayed...
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  • 8. Wulfnoth Cild 4. Godwin, Earl of Wessex 2. Harold Godwinson 10. Thorgil Sprakling 5. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 1. Ulf 3. Edith the Fair...
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    Harold's mother, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, for William to surrender Harold's body for burial, the Norman army refused, even though Gytha offered Harold's...
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    Sidmouth, which was part of the manor of Otterton, was gifted by Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (the mother of King Harold Godwinson) to the Benedictines at Mont-Saint-Michel...
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    Lusatia (b. c.997) Godfrey III (the Bearded), duke of Lower Lorraine Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Danish noblewoman (b. 997) Pedro Seguin (or Seguini), bishop of...
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    parents of Thorkel Sprakalegg, who was father of Ulf the Earl and of Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and thus grandfather of kings Sweyn...
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