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Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 [ 1 ] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest .
Harold was the head of the most powerful family in England and Edward's brother-in-law, and he became king. In September 1066 Harold defeated and killed King Harald Hardrada of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and Harold was himself defeated and killed the following month by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings.
Finally, King Harold Godwinson's son Harold Haroldson joined the retinue of King Magnus III of Norway; his descendants may have been the many Godwins who appear in Eastern Norway from the early 13th century. As earls, that is, quasi-sovereign princes, the family maintained its own hirð (pre-nobility retinue), including housecarls.
Family tree of English monarchs, ... King of the Picts r. 858–862: Kenneth I MacAilpín ... Harold II Godwinson c. 1022 –1066
Her paternal grandparents were Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir.. According to the 13th-century chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, after the death of their father King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, Gytha and two of her brothers (probably Magnus and either Godwin or Edmund) escaped to the court of their first cousin once-removed, King Sweyn Estridsson of Denmark. [2]
One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson: Gunhild of Wessex One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson: King William I the Conqueror c. 1028 –1087 King of England r. 1066–1087: Queen Matilda Queen of Scotland c. 1080 –1118: King Henry I c. 1068 –1135 King of England r. 1100–1135: House of Normandy
Hans Hastings, 12th Earl of Huntingdon (1779–1828) Francis Hastings, 13th Earl of Huntingdon (1808–1875) Francis Hastings, 14th Earl of Huntingdon (1841–1885) Hon. Aubrey Craven Theophilus Robin Hood Hastings (1878–1929) Peter Robin Hood Hastings-Bass (1920–1964) William Hastings-Bass, 17th Earl of Huntingdon (b. 1948) (1). Hon.
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.