Godwin, Earl of Wessex
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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r. January – October 1066) and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066).
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Reign
1020–1053
Died
(1053-04-15)15 April 1053Winchester, Hampshire, England
Spouse
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
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House
Godwin (founder)
Father
Wulfnoth Cild
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Earl of Wessex c. 1019–1053
Peerage of England
Succeeded byHarold Godwinson
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| New title | Earl of Wessex c. 1019–1053 | Succeeded byHarold Godwinson |
References
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biographyhttps://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-10887
- "The Rise of Godwine Earl of Wessex"http://www.medievalhistory.net/page0008.htm
- Pauline Stafford, 'Edith, Edward's Wife and Queen', in Richard Mortimer ed., Edward the Confessor: The Man and the Legen
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biographyhttps://doi.org/10.1093%2Fref%3Aodnb%2F8516
- Baxter, p. 1191 and n. 14; Licence, pp. 101-102
- Weir, p. 33
- Douglas, David C. (1990) William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-24320-6, p.
- Douglas, David C. (1990) William the Conqueror: The Norman Impact Upon England London: Methuen. ISBN 0-413-24320-6, pp.
- Weir, pp. 34–36