Harold II Godwinsson, King of England

Abt 1022 - 1066  (44 years)

• Name	Harold II Godwinsson
  Birth	Abt 1022	England   [2, 3]
  History	On 5 January 1066, he was crowned the King of England  [3]
  Reign	1066 (44 years)
  King of England
  Death	14 Oct 1066  [2, 3]
  Cause: killed at the Battle of Hastings
  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	I3528	Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	9 Mar 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 1	Edith
  Marriage	Type: They were not married
  Children	3 sons and 2 daughters
  1. Godwine  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Eadmund  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     3. Magnus  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     4. Gunhild  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   5. Gytha of Wessex, Princess of England ▻ Vladimir II, Grand Prince of Kiev  m. Abt 1070
  Family ID	F8113	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Dec 2019

  
  

  Spouse / Partner 2	Ealdgyth of Mercia,   b. Abt 1034, Kingdom of Mercia d. 1070 (Age 36 years)  Other Partners: Gruffydd ap Llewelyn, Prince of North Wales  m. Abt 1058
  Marriage	1064 or Mar 1066	York, Yorkshire, England   [4]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 44 years and 3 months - She : ~ 32 years and 3 months.
  Children	2 sons
  1. Harold,   b. Dec 1066, Chester, Cheshire, England d. After 1098 (Age 32 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]     2. Ulf,   b. Dec 1066, Chester, Cheshire, England d. After 1087 (Age 21 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth]
  Family ID	F2914	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 Jul 2021

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Harold II Godwinsson, King of England(Abt 1022 – 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		Birth - Abt 1022 - England Marriage - 1064 or Mar 1066 - York, 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

  [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). [S309] Fraser, Antonia. The Lives of the Kings & Queens of England, (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1975). [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). [S1682] Weir, Alison. Britain's Royal Families, (London: Vintage Books, 1989).