• 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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    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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  • 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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  • II of England Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 - c. 1069), Danish noble, and mother of King Harold Godwinson and of Edith of Wessex Gytha Ogg, a character...
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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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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