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	Tostig Godwinson
		Tostig Godwinson was the brother of the English King, and he did everything he could to depose him.
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		the battle of fulford gate • the battle of stamford bridge • harold godwinson • tostig godwinson • harald hardrada
	www.suite101.com /reference/tostig_godwinson (99 words)

	Tostig Godwinson: Brother and Traitor to the King
		Tostig was declared an outlaw and fled the country.
		Tostig took his own small army and attacked the North of England, only to be defeated by Earl Morcar and the Northumbrians.
		Tostig sailed for Scotland and gathered an army of Scots, Flemmish, and mercenaries.
	britishhistory.suite101.com /article.cfm/tostig_godwinson (628 words)

	I87: Godred Crovan HAROLDSON (King of Man) (BEF 1066 - 1087)
		The invaders were routed by Harold Godwinson, King of England and a brother of Tostig at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
		King Harold of Norway and Tostig were slain.
		The two Godreds managed to escape to the Isle of Man. King Godred Sigtryggson of Man and the Isles died shortly afterwards and was succeeded by his son Fingal.
	www.macleodgenealogy.org /ACMS/D0055/I87.html (674 words)

	King Harold
		Harold, the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex, and the brother of Swegen, Tostig and Gyrth, was born in about 1022.
		Tostig was banished from the country and Morcar, Harold's brother-in-law, became the new Earl of Northumbria.
		In May 1066 the king heard that Tostig and his army had landed on the Isle of Wight and forced the inhabitants to give him money and provisions.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDharold.htm (2652 words)

	Tostig Godwinson
		Tostig Godwinson (~1026-25 September 1066), Earl of Northumbria, was one of the brothers of King Harold of England, its last Saxon king.
		Tostig married Judith (Fausta) of Flanders (1030-5 March 1094), the half-sister of Count Baldwin V of Flanders and, thus, the aunt of Matilda of Flanders who was the wife of William the Conqueror.
		Harold of England managed to defeat Harald of Norway at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September 1066, where Tostig was killed, but then Harold of England was himself killed at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October against William, who thus became King William I of England.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/to/Tostig_Godwinson.html (164 words)

	Tostig Godwinson Information
		Tostig was born the third son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Kent, and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir.
		Tostig then took ship with his family and some loyal thegns and took refuge with his brother-in-law, Count Baldwin V. Baldwin provided him with a fleet and he landed in the Isle of Wight in May 1066 where he collected money and provisions, and he raided the coast as far as Sandwich.
		On September 25, 1066, King Harold II of England (Tostig's brother) marched his army from the south of England where they were awaiting the Normans up to York and halted the Norwegian invasion at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, in which Tostig and Harald III were killed.
	www.bookrags.com /wiki/Tostig_Godwinson (653 words)

	General Files - Essays - English Kings - 1066 AD - Harold Hardraadi - Godwinson - William of Normandy Conqueror - Tostig
		Tostig Godwinson, Harold Godwinson, William of Normandy, and Harold Hadraadi all vied for the English throne at the end of 1066 AD with the passing of Edward the Confessor.
		Tostig Godwinson was the third son of the Earl of Kent and Wessex (Godwin), and his second wife, Gytha Torkelsdotter.
		Tostig invaded Wales in 1063 with his brother, Harold, and two years later he was involved in a civil war when the Northumbrians revolted against him.
	charliesspot.neareverything.com /generalfiles/files/englishkings.html (1519 words)

	Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Harold Hardrada (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In 1066 he was killed in a battle against King Harold Godwinson of England at Stamford bridge outside the city of York, England.
		King Harold's brother Tostig Godwinson was fighting on King Harald's side against Harold and some of their other brothers.
		Two years afterwards, possibly instigated by the banished Earl Tostig of Northumbria, he attempted the conquest of England, to the sovereignty of which his predecessor had advanced a claim as successor of Harthacanute.
	www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/ha/Harold_Hardrada (592 words)

	Harold Godwinson
		In 1065 Harold supported Northumbria n rebels against his brother Tostig who replaced him with Morcar, due to unjust taxation instituted by Tostig.
		However, the country was invaded, by both Harald Hardrada of Norway and William, Duke of Normandy, who claimed that he had been promised the English crown by both Edward (probably in 1052) and Harold, who had been shipwrecked in Ponthieu, Normandy in 1064 or 1065.
		Invading what is now Yorkshire in September, 1066, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria at the Battle of Fulford near York (September 20), but were in turn defeated and slain by Harold's army five days later at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25).
	www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/Harold_Godwinson (1513 words)

	Biography of King Harold II Godwinson
		Harold was born in 1022 and was the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex and Gytha Sprakling (990 - 1069).
		Harold Godwinson asserted that he had been chosen by Edward the Confessor to be the next King of England.
		Harold Godwinson Earl of Wessex was crowned King of England on January 6th 1066.
	www.battle-of-hastings-1066.org.uk /biography-king-harold-ii-godwinson.htm (565 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - HAROLD (II, Godwinson, King of England 1066)
		Tostig was Harold's younger brother and Earl of Northumbria.
		Tostig was unsuccessful and he had to escape to Scotland where he found refuge.
		Tostig and Harold Hardrada were killed in the battle.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpr294.htm (687 words)

	Longbowmen » Blog Archive » Bogenschützen in der Schlacht von Hastings
		Harald Hardrade wollte ebenfalls auf den englischen Thron gelangen, oder zumindest mit Tostig einem ihm wohlgesonnenen Angelsachsen zum Königstitel verhelfen.
		Außerdem habe Harald Godwinson wenige Jahre vor seiner Krönung einen Eid abgelegt, mit dem er Wilhelm Treue geschworen und auf den Königstitel verzichtet habe.
		Tostig und Harald Hardrade wurden geschlagen und fielen beide in der Schlacht.
	www.longbowmen.de /2007/03/22/bogenschutzen-in-der-schlacht-von-hastings (1653 words)

	Tostig Godwinson
		Tostig Godwinson (~1026- September 25, 1066), Earl of Northumbria, was son to Godwin, Earl of Wessex and his second wife Gytha Thorkelsdóttir.
		Tostig married Judith (Fausta) of Flanders (1030- March 5, 1094), daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders and half-sister of Baldwin V of Flanders.
		Tostig had joined forces with Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, and they invaded England.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/t/to/tostig_godwinson.html (256 words)

	The Battle of Hastings - Title Page
		Harold correctly reasoned that earls Morcar and Edwin were fully capable of defending their own earldoms against Tostig's small force, he decided to stay in the south to face the more urgent threat from William.
		Since many of Tostig's men had been forced to fight under his banner, these quickly deserted him, and with a very diminished band of survivors and 12 ships, he sailed north to Scotland, where his ally and blood brother, King Malcolm, gave him refuge.
		Harthecanute subsequently died without a direct heir, and it was Harald's contention that the throne of England should have gone to Magnus and that since it had not, Harald, being his direct descendent and current King of Norway, was the rightful King of England.
	members.tripod.com /battle_of_hastings/Jan-Sep_1066.htm (1898 words)

	CalendarHome.com - Godwin, Earl of Wessex - Calendar Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		With the death of Earl Siward (1055) and later Earl Algar (1062), the children of Godwin were poised to assume sole control.
		Tostig was helped into the earldom of Northumbria, thus controlling the north.
		The Mercian earl was sidelined, especially after Harold and Tostig broke the Welsh-Mercian alliance in 1063.
	encyclopedia.calendarhome.com /cgi-bin/encyclopedia.pl?p=Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex (1136 words)

	Harold Godwinson
		Harold Godwinson, or Harold II of England (c.
		However, the country was invaded, by both Harald Hardrada of Norway and William, Duke of Normandy, who claimed that he had been promised the English crown by both Edward (probably in 1052) and Harold, who had been shipwrecked in Ponthieu, Normandy in 1064 or 1065.
		Invading what is now Yorkshire in September, 1066, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria at the Battle of Fulford near York (September 20), but were in turn defeated and slain by Harold's army five days later at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25).
	www.the-world-in-focus.com /Europe/England/Royal_Family/haroldgodwinson.html (1125 words)

	The History Guy: Tostig's Rebellion (1066)
		Tostig's Rebellion—(1066): Tostig Godwinson, the younger half-brother of King Harald, sought to reclaim his lost Earldom of Northumbria.
		Tostig's forces won the battle of Fulford, but the combined forces of Tostig and Hardrada were defeated by King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on September 25, 1066.
		The significance of Tostig's rebellion and his alliance with Harald of Norway is that in crushing the rebellion and the Norwegian invasion, King Harold's forces were in a weakened state when they faced the army of William the Conqueror at Hastings less than a month later.
	www.historyguy.com /tostig_rebellion.html (246 words)

	A Brief History of Anglo-Saxon England
		Although powerful the Godwinsons were not the only powerful Eorls, and in 1045 half of the country was still not under their control.
		Swein Godwinson was the fl sheep of his family and his wilder exploits - including the rape and abduction of the Abbess of Leominster and the murder of his cousin Beorn - led to his banishment in 1049, although he was later pardoned.
		In 1055, on the death of Siward, Tostig Godwinson, the third brother, became Eorl of Northumbria.
	www.durenmar.de /articles/anglosaxon.html (3103 words)

	Upto11.net - Wikipedia Article for 1066
		Tostig Godwinson and Harald Hardraada of Norway invade England.
		September 25 - Harold II defeats Tostig and Harold Hardraada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, killing both.
		September 25 - Tostig Godwinson, deposed Earl of Northumbria and brother of Harold II of England.
	www.upto11.net /generic_wiki.php?q=1066 (232 words)

	Harold Godwinsson - Cunnan
		Harold entered into this marriage (which amassed even more power for him) despite that fact that, by the Danish law then pertinent, he was already married to Ealdgyth or Edith, known as the "swan-neck", by whom he had several (possibly 5) children.
		In 1065 Harold supported a rebellion against his brother Tostig, Earl of Northumbria, who was replaced by Morcar.
		Invading what is now Yorkshire in September, 1066, Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls, Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria, at the Battle of Fulford near York (on September 20), but were in turn defeated and slain by Harold's army five days later at the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25).
	cunnan.sca.org.au /wiki/Harold_Godwinson (869 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Anglo-Saxon Isle Of Wight: 900-1066 - A571204
		Tostig was the first to attack, and the first to come to the Isle of Wight.
		And soon thereafter came Earl Tostig from beyond the sea into Wight, and with as great a fleet as he could get, and there was given both money and provisions; and then went from there, and did harm everywhere along the sea-cost he could get to, until he came to Sandwich.
		Then when Tostig found out that King Harold was on his way to Sandwich, he went from Sandwich, and took some of the boatmen with him, and went North into Humber, and there raided in Lindsey and killed many good men there.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/alabaster/A571204 (3530 words)

	Hissem_Anglo-Saxon Origins
		Tostig was the third son of Earl Godwine of Wessex, the most powerful of the Saxon lords, and brother to Harold, later to be King.
		In 1065 the Northumbrians revolted against Tostig's severe rule and chose Morcar, brother of Earl Edwin of Mercia, to be their Earl.
		Earl Tostig was subsequently killed at the battle of Stamford Bridge in which the Norwegian invaders were defeated by the new king, Harold, on the eve of the Battle of Hastings.
	balder.prohosting.com /shissem/Hissem_Anglo-Saxon_Origins.html (2953 words)

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