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Godwin, Earl of Wessex

?–1053 · Godwin

Anglo-Saxon nobleman; son of Wulfnoth Cild. Born at Sussex. Died at Winchester.

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Family

Father

Wulfnoth Cild

Married

Gytha Thorkelsdóttir

Children (6)

Edith of Wessex
Sweyn Godwinson 1020
Harold Godwinson 1022
Tostig Godwinson 1026
Gyrth Godwinson 1032
Leofwine Godwinson 1035

Related to

• Godwin, Earl of Wessex was the 19× great-grandfather of Victoria.
• Godwin, Earl of Wessex was the 15× great-grandfather of Louis XIV of France.