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Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Gytha
  2. Gunhild
  3. Godwin Birth: 1
  4. Edmund Birth: 2
  5. Magnus Birth: 3
  6. Ulf Birth: 4

Marriage: Children:
  1. Ulf Death: After 1087
  2. Harold Birth: Dec 1066 in Chester Death: After 1098

Bibliography
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  2. Burke, Sir John Bernard, Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage Baronetage and Knightage. 99th edition. London: Burke's Peerage, 1949. Available at http://archive.org/details/burkesgenealogic1949unse. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Burke Peerage [cx0-9]*].
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  5. Keats-Rohan, K.S.B., Domesday Descendants, A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents 1066-1166. Vol II: Pipe Rolls to Cartae Baronum. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002. NYPL ARF 03-4178 vol 2. Corrections at http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/domesday-descendants-corrigenda.pdf Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p[0-9]*].
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Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
(1020) [Ref: ES II #78]
abt 1020 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Paget HRHCharles p8]
abt 1022 [Ref: Burke Peerage cclii, Moriarty Plantagenet p145, Weis AR7 #1B],
parents:
[Ref: Barlow Godwine p36, ES II #78, Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Moriarty Plantagenet p145, Paget HRHCharles p8, Weis AR7 #1B],
father:
[Ref: Burke Peerage cclii]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Burke Peerage cclii, ES II #78, Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Moriarty Plantagenet p145, Paget HRHCharles p9, Weis AR7 #1B]
1066 [Ref: Barlow Godwine p36, Wagner PedigreeProgress #47],
place:
[Ref: Burke Peerage cclii, ES II #78, Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Moriarty Plantagenet p145, Paget HRHCharles p9, Weis AR7 #1B]
Sources for burial Information
place:
[Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1103]
Sources with Information about marriage to Ealdgith Swansneck
date:
[Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
concubine [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Moriarty Plantagenet p145],
child:
[Ref: ES II #78, Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Moriarty Plantagenet p145, Paget HRHCharles p8, Paget HRHCharles p9, Weis AR7 #1B]
Sources with Information about marriage to Aldgyth
date:
[Ref: ES II #78, Paget HRHCharles p8]
1066 [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1103]
abt 1064 [Ref: Burke Peerage cclii, Weis AR7 #176A, Weis AR7 #176]
second husband of Aldgyth [Ref: Weis AR7 #1B]
second marriage of Edith [Ref: Wagner PedigreeProgress #48],
names:
[Ref: Moriarty Plantagenet p145],
child:
[Ref: ES II #78, Keats-Rohan DD p1103, Paget HRHCharles p8, Weir RoyalFam p36]
Research Notes:
Ealdorman of East Anglia [Ref: Weis AR7 #1B]
1053: Ealdorman of Wessex [Ref: Weis AR7 #1B]
Earl of Essex, Kent, and Wessex [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]
1066: King of England [Ref: Weis AR7 #1B]

1066: succeeded Edward the Confessor as King of England [Ref: Weis AR7 #1B]

elected King of England on death of King Edward [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]

Jan 5 1066: crowned King [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p8]

6 Jan 1066 [says 1042 [sic]]: acclaimed king of England [Ref: Keats-Rohan DD p1103]

killed at battle of Hastings [Ref: Paget HRHCharles p9, Weis AR7 #1B]

not felled by an arrow between his eyes - this popular myth has been perpetrated by a misreading of the Bayeaux Tapestry. He was struck down by a blow from a sword wielded by a mounted Norman knight [Ref: Weir RoyalFam p37]



Pedigree of Harold II Goodwinson, King Of England
                                                                /-----Ethelred I King Of England
                                                       /-----Aethelhelm Ealdorman Of Wiltshire
                                                      |         \-----Wulfrida
                                              /-----Aethelfrith Ealdorman
                                             |        |         /-----Aethelwulf Ealdorman
                                             |         \-----Aethelgyth
                                     /-----Eadric Ealdorman
                            /-----Aethelwerd The Historian Ealdorman In Wessex
                           |         \-----Aethelgifu
                   /-----Aethelmaer Cild The Great Ealdorman In Devonshire
                  |         \-----Aethelflaed
          /-----Wulfnoth Cild Thegn In Sussex
         |         \-----Aethelthrith
 /-----Godwin Ealdorman Of Wessex
Harold II Goodwinson, King Of England
|                                                               /-----Eric III King Of Sweden
|                                                      /-----Eymund King Of Sweden
|                                             /-----Eric V King Of Swedes And Goths
|                                    /-----Bjorn The Old King Of Sweden
|                           /-----Olaf King Of Sweden
|                  /-----Styr-Bjorn
|                 |        |         /-----Thrand Jarl Of Sula
|                 |         \-----Ingelberg
|         /-----Jarl Thorkill Sprakalaeg
|        |        |                                             /-----Horda Knut King Of Denmark
|        |        |                                    /-----Frotho King Of Denmark
|        |        |                           /-----Harold Parcus King Of Denmark
|        |        |                  /-----Gorm Del Gammel King Of Denmark
|        |        |         /-----Harald Blaatand King Of Denmark
|        |        |        |        |                           /-----Egbert The Great King Of England
|        |        |        |        |                  /-----Ethelwolf King Of England
|        |        |        |        |                 |         \-----Raedburh
|        |        |        |        |         /-----Ethelred I King Of England
|        |        |        |        |        |        |         /-----Oslac Great Butler Of England
|        |        |        |        |        |         \-----Osburh
|        |        |        |         \-----Thyra
|        |        |        |                 |         /-----(Unk)
|        |        |        |                  \-----Wulfrida
|        |         \-----Thyra
|        |                  \-----Gunthilda
 \-----Githa



Descendants of Harold II Goodwinson, King Of England
1. Harold II Goodwinson, King Of England m1. Ealdgith Swansneck m2. Aldgyth
m. Ealdgith Swansneck
m. Aldgyth father: Aelfgar Earl Of East Anglia mother: Aelfgifu

2nd generation

2. Gytha m. Vladimir II Of Monomachus, Grand Prince Of Kiev
m. Vladimir II Of Monomachus, Grand Prince Of Kiev father: Wsevolod I Prince Of Pereyaslavl And Kiev mother: Maria Monomachina
3. Gunhild m1. Alan The Black Count Of Brittany m2. Alan The Red Count Of Brittany
m. Alan The Black Count Of Brittany father: Eudes I Count Of Brittany mother: Agnes Of Cornuaille
m. Alan The Red Count Of Brittany father: Eudes I Count Of Brittany mother: Agnes Of Cornuaille

3rd generation

10. Mstislas II Grand Prince Of Kiev m1. Christina Of Sweden m2. (Unk) Of Novogorod
m. Christina Of Sweden father: Inge I Stenkilsson King Of Sweden mother: Helena
m. (Unk) Of Novogorod father: Dmitri I Of Novogorod
11. Matilda m. Walter De AINCORT, Lord Of Blankney
m. Walter De AINCORT, Lord Of Blankney

4th generation

13. Wsewolod Prince Of Nowgorod m. (Unk) Of Tschernigow
m. (Unk) Of Tschernigow father: Swjatoslaw Olegowitsch Prince Of Nowgorod mother: (Unk Dau) Of Polowcen
14. Ingeborg Of Kiev m. Knut Lavand King Of South Jutland
m. Knut Lavand King Of South Jutland father: Erik I King Of Denmark mother: Bodil Thrugotsdatter
15. Malmfried Of Kiev m1. Sigurd I King Of Norway m2. Erik II King Of Denmark
m. Sigurd I King Of Norway father: Magnus Olavsson Barfuss King Of Norway mother: Thora
m. Erik II King Of Denmark father: Erik I King Of Denmark
16. Maria Of Kiev m. Wsewolod II Prince Of Tschernigow And Kiev
m. Wsewolod II Prince Of Tschernigow And Kiev father: Oleg Michael Swjatoslawitsch Prince Of Nowgorod mother: Theophano Musalonissa
17. Rostislaw I Michail Mstislawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev m.
18. (Unk) Of Kiev m. Jaroslaw I Swjatopolkowitsch Prince Of Wladimir
m. Jaroslaw I Swjatopolkowitsch Prince Of Wladimir father: Sviatopolk II Grand Prince Of Kiev mother: (Unk)
19. Izyaslav II Grand Duke Of Kiev m. (Unk Dau) Of Hohenstafen
m. (Unk Dau) Of Hohenstafen father: Conrad III Of Hohenstauffen, Emperor, Duke Of Franc mother: Gertrud Of Koburg
20. Euphrosine Of Kiev m. Geisa II King Of Hungary
m. Geisa II King Of Hungary father: Bela II The Blind King Of Hungary mother: Helen Of Serbia
22. Ralph DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney m1. Basilie m2. Matilda
m. Basilie
m. Matilda

5th generation

24. Wolodar Prince Of Minsk m. Rixa Of Poland
m. Rixa Of Poland father: Boleslas III King Of Poland mother: Salome Of Berg
26. Valdemar I King Of Denmark m. Sophia Princess Of Poland
m. Sophia Princess Of Poland father: Wolodar Prince Of Minsk mother: Rixa Of Poland
27. Sweyn III King Of Denmark m. Adelheid
m. Adelheid father: Konrad The Great Count Of Wettin, Margrave Of Meissen mother: Luitgard
29. Swjatoslaw III Wsewolodowitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev m. Marija Wasilkowna Of Polock
m. Marija Wasilkowna Of Polock father: Wasilko Swjatoslawitsch Prince Of Polozk
30. Rjurik II Wasilij Rostislawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev m. Anna Georgijewna Of Turow
m. Anna Georgijewna Of Turow father: Georgij Jarolawitsch Prince Of Turow mother: (Unk Dau) Of Gordono
31. Mstislaw Rostislawitsch Prince Of Nowgorod m.
32. Agrafina Rostislawna Of Smolonsk m. Igor Glebowitsch Prince Of Rjasan
m. Igor Glebowitsch Prince Of Rjasan father: Gleb Rostislawitsch Prince Of Rjasan mother: Jewfrosinija Rostislawna Of Perejaslawl
33. Roman Rostislawitsch Prince Of Smolensk m. Marija Of Tschernigow
m. Marija Of Tschernigow father: Swjatoslaw Olegowitsch Prince Of Nowgorod mother: Marija (Katharina) Of Nowgorod
34. Pribislawa Of Wladimir m. Ratibor I Duke Of Pommern
m. Ratibor I Duke Of Pommern father: (Unk) Duke Of Kolberg
35. Eudoxia Of Kiev m. Mieszko III Prince Of Great Poland
m. Mieszko III Prince Of Great Poland father: Boleslas III King Of Poland mother: Salome Of Berg
36. Wstislaw II Isjaslawitsch Grand Prince Of Kiev m. Agnieszka Of Poland
m. Agnieszka Of Poland father: Boleslas III King Of Poland mother: Salome Of Berg
38. Bela III King Of Hungary m1. Maria KOMENE m2. Agnes Of Chatillon m3. Theodora KOMNENE m4. Margaret Of France
m. Maria KOMENE father: Manuel I Emperor Of The East mother: Bertha Of Sulzbach
m. Agnes Of Chatillon father: Reynold Of Chatillon, Prince Of Antioch mother: Constance Of Antioch
m. Theodora KOMNENE father: (Unk) KOMNENOS mother: Eirene Anema
m. Margaret Of France father: Louis VII The Young King Of France mother: Constance Of Castile
39. Elizabeth Of Hungary m. Frederick Duke Of Bohemia
m. Frederick Duke Of Bohemia father: Vladislav II King Of Bohemia mother: Gertrude Of Austria
40. Helene Princess Of Hungary m. Leopold V Duke Of Austria
m. Leopold V Duke Of Austria father: Henry II Jasomirgott Margrave And Duke Of Austria mother: Theodora COMNENOS
41. Walter DEINCOURT, Baron Of Blankney m. Agnes BASSET
m. Agnes BASSET
42. Ralph DEINCOURT m. Matilda
m. Matilda
43. Ada DEINCOURT m. Guy De RUSHDALL
m. Guy De RUSHDALL father: Turgis De BRUNDOS
47. Aline DEINCOURT m. Thomas DARCY, Baron Of Nocton
m. Thomas DARCY, Baron Of Nocton father: Robert DARCY, Baron Of Nocton mother: Alice De CALZ
48. Basilia DEINCOURT m. Gubert
m. Gubert