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The House of Godwin (Old English: Godƿin) is an Anglo-Saxon family who were one of the leading noble families in England during the last fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was Harold Godwinson, King of England for nine months in 1066.
Edward Gordon Craig. Northampton Guildhall, built 1861–64, displays Godwin's "Ruskinian Gothic" style. Design, 1872 (V&A Museum no. E.515-1963) Edward William Godwin (26 May 1833 – 6 October 1886) was a progressive English architect-designer, who began his career working in the strongly polychromatic " Ruskinian Gothic" style of mid ...
- May 26, 1833, Bristol, England
- Ellen Terry (1868–1875)
- October 6, 1886 (aged 53), London, England
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Feb 22, 2022 · His work on Edward the Elder was published in 2019, with his second hardback work, The House of Godwin – The Rise and Fall of an Anglo-Saxon Dynasty, published by Amberley Publishing in March 2022. He is currently working on a book about the early Kings of Wessex.
Jan 28, 2020 · Edward was reliant on the powerful Godwine (aka Godwin) family to keep his kingdom together but his achievements included a relatively peaceful reign in a turbulent century for England and the foundation of Westminster Abbey. With no children, Edward's successor was Harold Godwinson, aka Harold II (r.
- Mark Cartwright
Some portray Edward the Confessor's reign as leading to the disintegration of royal power in England and the advance in power of the House of Godwin, because of the infighting that began after his death with no heirs to the throne.
- 8 June 1042 – 5 January 1066
- Emma of Normandy
The House of Godwin ( Old English: Godƿin) is an Anglo-Saxon family who were one of the leading noble families in England during the last fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was Harold Godwinson, King of England for nine months in 1066.
The House of Godwin were an important aristocratic family in Anglo-Saxon England. Godwin was Earl of Wessex. Godwin had helped Edward the Confessor to become King of England. Godwin died in 1053. He left the earldom of Wessex to his son, Harold Godwinson. As the son of Godwin, Harold's surname became Godwinson. Harold was not Godwin's only child.