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...

1107). Her paternal grandparents were Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. According to the 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, after...

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...

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...

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...

in 1022/3, but apparently left England for Scandinavia in 1024. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir – married Godwin, Earl of Wessex; mother of King Harold Godwinson...

third son of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the daughter of Danish chieftain Thorgil Sprakling. In 1051, he...

Rex Harold p. 31 Tyler, 2017, pp. 209 Stafford, 2009, pp. 121–126 Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Frank Barlow, Edward the Confessor, Yale University Press: London...

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...

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...

Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...

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...

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...

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...

Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...

Harold's mother, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, for William to surrender Harold's body for burial, the Norman army refused, even though Gytha offered Harold's...

playwright, children's writer, and member of the Fabian Society Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, also known as Githa, Danish noble Ongole Gittha, 2013 Indian film...

(approximate date) Gusiluo, Tibetan religious leader of Buddhism (d. 1065) Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, Danish noblewoman (approximate date) Ibn al-Wafid, Andalusian pharmacologist...

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...

Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...

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...

– 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...

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...

8. Wulfnoth Cild 4. Godwin, Earl of Wessex 2. Harold Godwinson 10. Thorgil Sprakling 5. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 1. Ulf 3. Edith the Fair...

Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...

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...

Alfred Ætheling Edmund Ironside Ealdgyth Robert I of Normandy Herleva Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Godwin, Earl of Wessex Harthacnut Edward the Exile Agatha William...

– 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...

Edward the Confessor(1042–1066) Harold, Earl of Wessex 1053–1066 c. 1022, England Son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 14 October 1066 —...

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...