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Gytha (?)
( - Aft 1069)
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Gytha (?)
F, #102179, d. after 1069
Last Edited=9 Apr 2006
Gytha (?) was born at Denmark.1 She was the daughter of Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson and Sigrid of Halland.2,3 She married Godwine, Earl of Wessex, son of Wulfnoth, Cyld of Sussex, between 1019 and 1020.2 She died after 1069.1
She was also known as Cytha (?).
Children of Gytha (?) and Godwine, Earl of Wessex
Gyrth, Earl of East Anglia4 d. 14 Oct 1066
Leofwine, Earl of Kent4 d. 14 Oct 1066
Wulfnoth (?)4 d. a 1087
Alfgar (?)4
Edgiva (?)4
Elgiva (?)4 d. c 1066
Gunhilda (?)5 d. 24 Aug 1087
Eadgyth of Wessex b. c 1020, d. 18 Dec 1075
Harold II Godwinson, King of England+6 b. bt 1020 - 1022, d. 14 Oct 1066
Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia+4 b. c 1023, d. 29 Sep 1052
Tostig, Earl of Northumbria+4 b. c 1026, d. 25 Sep 1066
Citations
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 34. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 26.
[S1266] Shaun Hobson, "re: Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 5 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson."
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 35.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 36.
[S58] E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 29. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.
Gytha (?)
F, #102179, d. after 1069
Last Edited=9 Apr 2006
Gytha (?) was born at Denmark.1 She was the daughter of Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson and Sigrid of Halland.2,3 She married Godwine, Earl of Wessex, son of Wulfnoth, Cyld of Sussex, between 1019 and 1020.2 She died after 1069.1
She was also known as Cytha (?).
Children of Gytha (?) and Godwine, Earl of Wessex
Gyrth, Earl of East Anglia4 d. 14 Oct 1066
Leofwine, Earl of Kent4 d. 14 Oct 1066
Wulfnoth (?)4 d. a 1087
Alfgar (?)4
Edgiva (?)4
Elgiva (?)4 d. c 1066
Gunhilda (?)5 d. 24 Aug 1087
Eadgyth of Wessex b. c 1020, d. 18 Dec 1075
Harold II Godwinson, King of England+6 b. bt 1020 - 1022, d. 14 Oct 1066
Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Mercia+4 b. c 1023, d. 29 Sep 1052
Tostig, Earl of Northumbria+4 b. c 1026, d. 25 Sep 1066
Citations
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 34. Hereinafter cited as Britain's Royal Families.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 26.
[S1266] Shaun Hobson, "re: Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson," e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 5 February. Hereinafter cited as "re: Thorgils 'Sprakalegg' Styrbjornson."
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 35.
[S11] Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Families, page 36.
[S58] E. B. Fryde, D. E. Greenway, S. Porter and I. Roy, editors, Handbook of British Chronology, 3rd edition (London, U.K.: Royal Historical Society, 1986), page 29. Hereinafter cited as Handbook of British Chronology.
Events
| Death | Aft 1069 |
Families
| Spouse | Godwine, Earl of Wessex (987 - 1053) |
| Child | Harold II Godwinson (1020 - 1066) |
| Child | Eadgyth of Wessex (1020 - 1075) |