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	Godwin, Earl of Wessex
		Godwin (sometimes Godwine) (c.992-1053), son of the otherwise obscure Wulfnoth, was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Canute and his successors.
		Created earl of Wessex in 1018, Godwin supported the accession of Canute's legitimate son Harthacanute (1040) and the subsequent restoration to the English kingship (1042) of the native royal house of Wessex under Edward the Confessor, who had spent most of the previous thirty years in Normandy.
		On his death Godwin was succeeded as earl of Wessex (an area then covering roughly the southernmost third of England) by his son Harold, later (1066) king of England.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/go/Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex.html (192 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Godwin, Earl of Wessex
		Godwin was the father of Harold II and of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor.
		In 1037, the throne of England was reportedly claimed by Alfred of Wessex, younger son of Emma of Normandy and Ethelred the Unready and half-brother of Harthacanute.
		Godwin married a second time to a Danish noblewoman, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, said to be the granddaughter of the legendary Viking Styrbjörn Starke and great-granddaughter to Harold Bluetooth, king of Denmark and thus also ancestor to King Canute.
	reference.com /browse/wiki/Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex (1095 words)

	Harold Godwinson
		He was born in about 1020, the son of Godwin, earl of Wessex, and his second wife, Gytha[?], sister to King Sweyn I of Denmark and England.
		Created Earl of East Anglia in 1045, Harold accompanied Godwin into exile in 1051 but helped him to regain his position a year later, succeeding to the Earldom of Wessex (a province at that time covering the southernmost third of England) on Godwin's death (April 1053).
		Beginning in 1058, Harold was also earl of Hereford, and he replaced his father as the focus of opposition to growing Norman influence in England under the restored Saxon monarchy (1042-1066) of Edward the Confessor, who had spent more than a quarter of a century in exile in Normandy.
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	Harold Godwinsson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Earl Godwin had risen from the lowest ranks of the Saxon aristocracy, the son of a Sussex thegn, to become the most powerful man in England during the reign of Edward the Confessor.
		The Norman Robert of Jumieges, an opponent of Godwin, was elevated by Edward to the archbishopric of Canterbury.
		Harold succeeded his father as earl of Wessex and assumed virtually all of the kingdom's administration as Edward withdrew from administrative duties to devote his energies to ecclesiastical matters and hunting.
	idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /England1/harold_godwinsson.htm (2098 words)

	Godwin - ThroneWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Godwin dynasty of the British Isles was descended from Godwin, Earl of Wessex (c.1001-1053).
		He was made the first earl of Wessex by the Danish king Canute the Great and his successors.
		Godwin was the father of Harold Godwinson (also known as Harold II) and of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor.
	test.throneworld.com /wiki/index.php/Godwin (214 words)

	Godwin - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Godwin (died 1053), Earl of Wessex, Saxon nobleman, powerful during the reign of Edward the Confessor.
		Godwin, Sir Harry (1901-1985), British ecologist and pollen analyst, at the forefront of the development of Quaternary palaeoecology, the...
		At Godwin's they were disputing fiercely which was the best—Man as he was, or man as he is to be.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Godwin&pg=1&grp=art (251 words)

	Biography - Godwin, Earl Of Wessex
		Godwin was the father of Harold II of England and of Edith of Wessex, wife of Edward the Confessor.
		On 1037, the throne of England was reportedly claimed by Alfred of Wessex, son of Emma of Normandy and Ethelred the Unready and half-brother of Harthacanute.
		Godwin soon became the leader of opposition to growing Norman influence as Edward drew advisors, nobles and priests from his former place of refuge.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Aakashshah8140/godwin-earl-of-wessex/biography.html (597 words)

	channel4.com - Monarchy - Godwin, earl of Wessex - text only
		Godwin (or Godwine) was, after the monarch, the most powerful man in England during the reigns of Cnut, Harold I Harefoot and Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor, and was the father of another English king: Harold II Godwinson.
		Godwin ingratiated himself with Cnut's successor Harold I Harefoot by capturing and killing Alfred at Ely, perhaps accidentally, when he ordered the prince's eyes to be gouged out.
		The family of Earl Godwin of Wessex stands among the most famous in English history, whose most renowned son was King Harold.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/M/monarchy/biogs/godwin_t.html (560 words)

	Essential Norman Conquest - Encyclopedia
		One of the most powerful of the great earls of England, Godwin stood in the centre of affairs, having first helped Canute's son Harold to the throne and then been responsible for Edward's succession.
		The Wessex men soon returned and Edward was forced to pardon them, restore their power and turn over to Harold Godwinsson the virtual command of affairs, retaining only his religious interests.
		Godwin died in 1053.Godwin's youngest son, Wuflnoth, was given as a hostage to guarantee the settlement.
	www.essentialnormanconquest.com /encyclopedia/godwin.htm (220 words)

	HAROLD
		Godwin cleared himself, on oath, of involvement in the Æþeling Æfred's death and of treasonable intent by himself and family in 1051.
		Godwin and his family, except Swein, still returning from pilgrimage at that time, were restored to their lands and positions.
		With the three young and inexperienced earls were their Huscarls and such elements of the Fyrds of their shires as they has managed to assemble in the short time they had had since the invading fleet had been sighted.
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	Harold Godwinson Summary
		Godwin was himself a son to Wulfnoth Cild, Thegn of Sussex (now believed to be descended from a cadet line of the House of Wessex).
		A recent bid to exhume a grave in Bosham church was refused by the Diocese of Chichester in December 2004, the Chancellor ruling that the chances of establishing the identity of the body as Harold II were too slim to justify disturbing a burial place.
		Harold's illegitimate daughter Gytha of Wessex married Vladimir Monomakh Grand Duke (Velikii Kniaz) of Kievan Rus' and is ancestor to dynasties of Galicia, Smolensk and Yaroslavl, whose scions include Modest Mussorgsky and Peter Kropotkin.
	www.bookrags.com /Harold_Godwinson (2243 words)

	Wessex - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Wessex, kingdom of the West Saxons, located in southern England, east of Cornwall, whose rulers eventually came to control the rest of the country...
		The second son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, Harold was made Earl of East Anglia in 1045.
		In 1051 Godwin fell from favour with King Edward the Confessor...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/searchdetail.aspx?q=Wessex&pg=1&grp=art (246 words)

	Earl Godwin
		Godwin, the son of Wulfnoth, was a large landowner in England.
		Swegen was earl of Hereford, Gloucester and Oxford whereas Harold held the earldom of East Anglia.
		A nephew, Beorn, was earl of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDgodwin.htm (593 words)

	The Story of Edgar Atheling
		Earl Godwin died in April 1053, and the Earldom of Wessex passed to Harold, who increasingly exerted the same influence as his father - in fact, the government of the country was largely in his hands.
		Earl Edwin and Earl Morcar had arrived with their depleted forces, and they promised their support, but did little to implement it.
		The Earls Edwin and Morcar also left the English Court for the north, but their threatened campaign in the northern counties, together with Edgar and King Malcolm, came to nothing when King William marched with an army as far as York.
	www.boldbelvoir.org.uk /ayling/edgar.htm (3868 words)

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		He was the son of Godwin, earl of Wessex, and inherited his father's title in 1053, having previously been earl of East Anglia.
		After Godwin's death, Harold, who was the eldest son, became the senior earl, and increasingly took over the administration and government of England, whilst Edward involved himself more in church affairs.
		He sailed with the earls Paul and Erlend down the coast to the mouth of the Tyne where Tostig waited with a further force of men from Scotland and Man. This massive force continued down the coast of Northumbria, pillaging and destroying as it went.
	www.historyincoins.com /Harold2.htm (1115 words)

	The Earl of Wessex
		The last Earl of Wessex, King Harold Godwinson, died before the creation of the first British peerage, at a time when earls were of a different order, known previously as the ealdormen.
		Wessex itself was the size of a kingdom and had been one from at least 519 until the conquest of the Mercians by Egbert, the first King of All England, in 839.
		Godwin, the first Earl of Wessex outside the royal family, was a powerful man as early as 1018, and was granted Wessex later in Canute's reign.
	www.baronage.co.uk /bphtm-01/wessex-1.html (554 words)

	Earl of Wessex
		Earl of Wessex is an (A British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount) Earl in the (An Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the Commonwealth countries) English and later (The people of Great Britain) British nobility.
		The Earldom passed to Godwin's son, Harold II of England, who died in 1066 at the (The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest) Battle of Hastings.
		It is thought possible that Edward, Earl of Wessex may be made Edward, (Englishman and husband of Elizabeth II (born 1921)) Duke of Edinburgh on the death of his father Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, though the title would normally pass to Prince Philip's first son, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales
	www.geocities.com /princeedwardonline/earlofwessex.htm (380 words)

	Edward gathered his own supporters, Eustace, Archbishop Robert, his nephew Ralph the half Norman (later know as 'the ...
		However, when Godwin and his kin returned in force in 1052, whilst Earl Ralph of Hereford, the king's half Norman nephew and the Earl of East Wessex, Odda responded, Earl Leofric of Mercia and Earl Siward of Northumberland were noticeable by their absence.
		Godwin and his family, except his son, Swein, who was on a pilgrimage, were restored to their lands and positions.
		Harold was appointed Earl of Wessex and, as arranged, Ælfgar became Earl of East Anglia.
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		Godwin regarded himself as a kingmaker (he had succeeded in raising Harold I to the throne and expected his son Harold II to become king in turn).
		Godwin had been implicated in the murder of Edward's brother Alfred, who had been imprisoned and blinded in 1036/7 at the order of Harold 1.
		Godwin also secured his son Harold as senior amongst Edward's advisors, so much so that by 1053 Edward had more or less passed all administration over to Harold, leaving himself able to devote his energies to church matters and to hunting.
	www.historyincoins.com /edthecon.htm (1321 words)

	Edward the Confessor Summary
		Godwin returned with a large fleet, and he and Edward were officially reconciled to prevent a civil war and resultant Norse invasion.
		Godwin refused to punish them, Leofric and Siward backed the King, and Godwin and his family were all exiled in September 1051.
		Godwin died in 1053 and the Norman Ralph the Timid received Herefordshire, but his son Harold accumulated even greater territories for the Godwins, who held all the earldoms save Mercia after 1057.
	www.bookrags.com /Edward_the_Confessor (1948 words)

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		Godwin, being summoned to attend a meeting of the Witan in Gloucester, gathered his own men and those of his sons at Beverstone, not far from Malmesbury, while the rival hosts of Siward, Leofric, and Ralph [de Ewyas] supported the king at Gloucester.
		Next year, however, the great earl died, and was succeeded in his West Saxon province by his eldest living son Harold; for Sweyn had died on his way back from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem (Sept, 1052).
		But Harold and Tostig united their forces for the purpose of harrying his land; the English soldiers were bidden to adopt the arms and tactics of the Welsh, and before the year 1063 was out Gruffydd was dead, and his kingdom divided between two native princes, who swore fealty to Edward.
	www.evere.co.uk /eavespage/download/d'ewyas/report.txt (3089 words)

	History Bookshop.com: Godwin, Earl of Wessex
		Godwin was one of the Anglo-Saxon nobility who quickly accepted the rule in England of the Danish king Cnut.
		Godwin was forced into exile, only to return the following year with a large army.
		Godwin was also able to force the dismissal of many Norman's from the king's service.
	www.historybookshop.com /articles/people/politicians-courtiers/godwin-earl-wessex.asp (216 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Wessex
		The son of Godwin, earl of Wessex, he belonged to the most powerful noble family of England in the reign of Edward the Confessor.
		1066, earl of Northumbria; son of Earl Godwin of Wessex.
		Part of the ancient kingdom of Wessex and the birthplace of King Alfred, the county of Berkshire was abolished as an administrative entity in 1998 and divided into the unitary authorities of Bracknell Forest, West Berkshire, Reading, Slough, Windsor and
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Wessex&StartAt=11 (709 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Wessex
		Wessex, one of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in England.
		He was descended from Cerdic and was apparently an unsuccessful aspirant for the crown of Wessex against Beohtric (reigned 786-802).
		He succeeded his brother Æthelbert as king of Wessex and as overlord of Kent and possibly of East Anglia.
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Wessex&StartAt=11 (724 words)

	Worldroots.com
		He integrated himself with Earl Ulf, Canute's brother-in-law; by 1018 he was an earl, and about 1019 became Earl of the West Saxons.
		Godwin led the struggle against the king's foreign favourites, while Edward revenged himself by heaping insults upon Queen Edith, confining her in
		But in 1052 they landed in the south of England; the royal troops, with the navy and vast numbers of burghers and peasants, went over to Godwin.The king was then forced to grant his demands and reinstate his family.
	worldroots.com /brigitte/royal/bio/godwinwessexbio990.html (130 words)

	bellairsia : index (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Godwin was the last ruler of the Southern Kingdom to have any real authority over the kingdom.
		After inheriting the kingdom, Godwin divided the land among his sons, who in turn did likewise, resulting in the Kingdom's jumbled mess of duchies and principalities, as seen on maps of Prospero's time.
		One of Godwin's accomplishments was the construction of the Great South Road, a stone highway that ran throughout the kingdom [47-8].
	www.bellairsia.com /g/g_godwin.html (105 words)

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