Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Godwin of Wessex became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor.
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Male
Birth Place
United Kingdom, England
Date of Death
April 15th, 1053
Died Aged
-916
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Harold Godwinson
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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
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Sweyn Godwinson
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Tostig Godwinson
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Edith of Wessex
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Gyrth Godwinson
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Leofwine Godwinson
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Wulfnoth Godwinson
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Wulfnoth Cild
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