Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia

1026 - 1066  (40 years)

• Name	Tostig Godwinson
  Birth	About 1026  [5]
  Travel	Sep 1051 (25 years)  [5, 6]
  In September 1051, Tostig and Judith were forced to flee England for Bruges, along with her in-laws after Tostig joined his father's armed rebellion against King Edward the Confessor; however, they returned home the following year.
  Travel	Nov 1065 (39 years)  [5]
  Tostig was outlawed by King Edward in November 1065. Tostig, along with Judith and their children, was compelled to seek refuge with her half-brother in Flanders the following month.
  Military	1066 (40 years)  [5]
  Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England in 1066.
  Death	25 Sep 1066	Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  He was killed in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. [5]
  Siblings	5 brothers and 2 sisters
  1. Gunhild   2. Ealdorman Swegen   d. 1052, England + 3. Harold II Godwinsson, King of England,   b. Abt 1022, England d. 14 Oct 1066  (Age 44 years) ▻ Edith;   Ealdgyth of Mercia,  m. 1064 or Mar 1066 + 4. Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia ,   b. About 1026   d. 25 Sep 1066, Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England  (Age 40 years) ▻ Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria,  m. Before Sep 1051   5. Ealdorman Gyrth   d. 25 Sep 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England   6. Ealdorman Leofwine   d. 25 Sep 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England   7. Wulfnoth   d. 1087, England   8. Edith   d. 1075
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Noe   (44 x Great Grandfather)  Gytha Thorkelsdóttir  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I22567
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex   d. 15 Apr 1053, England
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F2911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria,   b. About 1033, Bruges, Flanders, Belguim d. 5 Mar 1094 (Age 61 years)  Other Partners: Welf I, Duke of Bavaria  m. About 1071
  Marriage	Before Sep 1051  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years and 8 months - She : ~ 18 years and 8 months.
  Children	Together they had children whose names and numbers are not recorded. They were described in the Vita Ædwardi Regis as "unweaned" at the time of their father's death.   [6]
  Children	2 sons
  1. Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre,   b. 1052  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Ketil Tostisson,   b. 1054  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia (1026 – 1066) 2Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex( – 1053) 4Wulfnoth Cild, Theign of Sussex( – 1015) 8Æthelmær Cild, Theign of Sussex( – Abt 1017) 16Æthelwerd I, Theign of Surrey 17Æthelflæd 9Æthelthrith 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Gytha Thorkelsdóttir 6Jarl Thorkill 12Styrbiorn Olafsson(956 – 985) 24Olaf Edmundsson, King of Uppsala, and Sweden( – 964) 25Ingelberg 13Thyra of Denmark( – 1000) 26Harold III, King of Denamrk and Norway(Abt 910 – 988) 27Gunhilda 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 25 Sep 1066 - Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S1488] Barlow, Lundie W. "The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXI, January 1957). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Tostig Godwinson. [S304] Wikipedia, Judith of Flanders (died 1095).