| Name |
Harold GODWINESON , King of England, Earl of East Anglia, Earl of Wessex, Earl of Hereford |
| Birth Date |
ca 1022149 |
| Death Date |
Oct 14, 1066149 |
| Death Place |
Hastings, Sussex, England |
| Death Memo |
in the Battle of Hastings |
| Burial Place |
Essex, England149 |
| Burial Memo |
Waltham Abbey |
| Religion |
Orthodox Christian162 |
| Father |
Godwin OF WESSEX , Earl of Wessex & Kent (ca0987-1053) |
| Mother |
Gytha (?->1069) |
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| Spouses |
| 1 |
Eadgyth |
| Alias/AKA |
Eadgyth Swan-Neck149 |
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| Notes for Harold GODWINESON , King of England, Earl of East Anglia, Earl of Wessex, Earl of Hereford |
"The last Anglo-Saxon King of England, reputedly designated heir by the dying Edward. After becoming king, he crushed the forces of his brother Tostig and Harold III Hardraade of Norway, who claimed the throne, at Stamford Bridge (1066). Harold was killed in the battle of Hastings by the army of another sucessful claimant to the throne, William the Conqueror."149
"[T]he last Orthodox king of England."162 |
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