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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 Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor.
Mar 9, 2014 · Gytha was a Danish noblewoman who married Godwine, a rising English earl, and had a large family with him. She survived the death of many of her children, including Harold, and fled to Flanders after the Norman Conquest.
Apr 9, 2006 · Gytha Thorkelsdóttir eller Gyda Torkelsdotter var dotter till Torkel Styrbjörnsson och däremed sondotter till Styrbjörn Starke, Jomsborgs erövrare, och Tyra, dotter till Harald Blåtand, kung av Norge och Danmark. 1019 gifte hon sig med den anglosaxiske adelsmannen Godwin av Wessex.
- Gōdwine Wulfnothsson, Earl of Wessex
Gytha of Wessex (born c. 1053/1061 – died 1098 or 1107; Old English: Gȳð) was one of several daughters of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and his consort, Edith the Fair. Through marriage to Vladimir II Monomakh, Gytha became the grand princess of Kiev.
May 31, 2023 · After the Battle of Hastings, Gytha went to her estates in the south-west of England. She was in Exeter, Devon in 1068 when William the Conqueror demanded its submission and its citizens sought to negotiate with him. William laid siege to Exeter, and Gytha escaped before it surrendered.
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- Godwin Wulfnothsson (Wessex) of Wessex
Jun 28, 2017 · Gytha married Godwin of Wessex around 1020 and they had eleven children. After the death of Canute in 1035, Godwin switched his allegiance to each successive King – Harthacnut, Harold and Edward the Confessor.
Biography. 1019 m. Godwin of Wessex; mother of Harold II king of the English and Tostig earl of Northumbria. After the Norman conquest of England she left the country, possibly returning to Scandinavia. 1 related objects.
