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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman. She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex , and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex , the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor .
Apr 9, 2006 · Gytha Thorkelsdóttir. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gytha Torkelsdotter (also called Githa) was the daughter of Torkel Styrbjörnsson (also called Thorkill).[1] In 1019, she married the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin of Wessex, apparently as his second wife (his first wife having been a Danish princess).
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Added: Aug 10, 2015. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 150460274. Source citation. Birth: c.997 Death: c.1069 Gytha also called Githa was the daughter of Thorgil Sprakling (also called Thorkel). She married the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin of Wessex. They had a large family together, of whom five sons became earls at one time or another, three remaining ...
Mar 9, 2014 · Gytha was a Danish noblewoman who married Godwine, a rising English earl, and had a large family with him. She survived the death of many of her children, including Harold, and fled to Flanders after the Norman Conquest.
When Gytha Thorkelsdóttir was born in 0997, in Hålland, Jämtland, Sweden, her father, Thorgils the Strong "Prince of Sweden" Sprakaleg Styrjornsson, was 39 and her mother, Queen Senfria or Sigrid Sprakling Haraldsdoittir of Sweden, was 42. She married Godwin Wulfnothsen Earl of Wessex from 1019 to 1020.
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May 31, 2023 · Gytha was the daughter of Thorgils Sprakeleg. [1] [2] Her father is named in the Morkinskinna, which refers to her as sister of "Jarl Úlfr". Adam of Bremen records that the sister of "Wolf" married Earl Godwin and was mother of Svein, Tostig and Harold. [2] Her brother Ulf married a sister of Knut, king of Denmark, England and Norway. [1]
Gytha of Wessex (born c. 1053/1061 – died 1098 or 1107; Old English: Gȳð) was one of several daughters of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and his consort, Edith the Fair. Through marriage to Vladimir II Monomakh , Gytha became the grand princess of Kiev.
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