Monday, 8 November 2021

Godwin of Wessex

Godwin of Wessex
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex

The Origin of Godwin, Freeman Vol I , note ZZ
https://archive.org/details/cu31924088007582/page/n505/mode/2up?view=theater
Note Freeman’s derision of the Knytlinga saga as ‘untruth’. “Now the Knytlinga Saga is a Saga, and I have given some specimens of its inaccuracies and confusions. In this very story it would be hard to reconcile the author's conception of the battle of Sherstone with the truth of history.” … “The whole narrative of the War of Cnut and Eadmund in the Knytlinga Saga is so utterly confused and unhistorical that nothing can be safely said as to time, place, or circumstance.”

The Exploits and Marraige of Godwin, Freeman Vol I, note EEE
https://archive.org/details/cu31924088007582/page/n519/mode/2up?view=theater

Godwin’s wife Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, daughter of Thorgils Sprakaleg,
sister of Earl Ulf Thorgilson, married Godwin c1019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gytha_Thorkelsd%C3%B3ttir

The House of Godwin
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Godwin


The Children of Godwin
Freeman, vol II, note F
https://archive.org/details/historyofnormanc02free/page/552/mode/2up?view=theater

Eadgyth [Edith] - wife of Edward the Confessor, born c 1020
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_of_Wessex

Sweyn Godwinson, born c 1021
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Godwinson

Harold Godwinson, born c1022
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson

Tostig Godwinson, born c1023
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tostig_Godwinson

Gyrth Godwinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrth_Godwinson

Leofwine Godwinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leofwine_Godwinson

Wulfnoth Godwinson
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfnoth_Godwinson

Gunhildr Godwin’s daughter, a nun of whom almost nothing is known

Aelfgifu, Godwin’s daughter, allegedly promised to one of William’s nobles as part of Harold’s oath


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