963. Godwin33 (702) birth date unknown. Godwin died 1053.

He married Gytha of Denmark. Gytha is the daughter of Thorkils "Sprakaleg" of Denmark. Earl of Wessex

Godwin and Gytha of Denmark had the following children:

child 964 i. Edith (Aldgyth)32 GODWINSON. Edith died 18 DEC 1075 in Winchester. Her body was interred in Westminster Abbey. She married EDWARD III "The Confessor" 10 JAN 1045. EDWARD was born in Islip, Oxfordshire about 1004. EDWARD(703) was the son of ETHELRED II "The Unready" and Emma "The Flower of Normandy". EDWARD died 5 JAN 1066 in Westminster, at 61 years of age. His body was interred 6 JAN 1066 in Westminster Abbey.

child 965 ii. Tostig GODWINSON(704). Tostig died 25 SEP 1066 in Stamford Bridge near York.(705) RESEARCH NOTES: killed in battle Killed fighting against his brother (Harold II of England) with King Harold Hardrada of Norway.

child 966 iii. Svein GODWINSON.

child 967 iv. Gyrth GODWINSON.

child 968 v. Leofwine GODWINSON.

child 969 vi. Wulfnoth GODWINSON.

child 970 vii. Gunnhildre GODWINSON.

child + 840 viii. HAROLD II GODWINSON was born about 1022.

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