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2 giorni fa · By the 1030s Cnut's direct administration of Wessex had come to an end, with the establishment of an earldom under Godwin, an Englishman from a powerful Sussex family. In general, after initial reliance on his Scandinavian followers in the first years of his reign, Cnut allowed those Anglo-Saxon families of the existing English ...
2 giorni fa · Under Cnut's kingship, Godwin, Earl of Wessex rose to prominence. A son of Wulfnoth Cild , a South Saxon thegn , Godwin was also popular in Sussex. When Godwin refused an order from Edward the Confessor to punish the people of Dover following a violent clash between the people of Dover and Eustace II, Count of Boulogne , King Edward ...
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2 giorni fa · The king and Godwin were reconciled, and the Godwins thus became the most powerful family in England after the king. On Godwin's death in 1053, his son Harold succeeded to the earldom of Wessex; Harold's brothers Gyrth, Leofwine, and Tostig were given East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria.
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5 giorni fa · Godwin 1001–1053 Earl of Wessex: King Harthacnut c. 1018 –1042 King of the English r. 1040–1042: Gunhilda of Denmark c. 1020 –1038 Queen of Germany: Svein Knutsson c. 1016 –1035 King of Norway Son of King Cnut the Great king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Queen Ælfgifu of Northampton, King Harold I Harefoot c ...
4 mag 2024 · La politica pacifista e filo-normanna di Edoardo mutò la storia d'Inghilterra: nel 1060 egli incontrò Guglielmo il Conquistatore per designarlo alla successione; tuttavia, alla sua morte, nel 1066, il Conte di Wessex Harold Godwinson, figlio dell’irriducibile Godwin, si fece incoronare come Aroldo II d’Inghilterra tradendo il diverso ...
2 giorni fa · Based on historical Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Recurring characters. The following is a list of recurring characters, listed in the order that they first appeared on the show. Cast table Main cast (credited) = Recurring cast (3+) = Guest cast (1-2)
28 apr 2024 · http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfnoth_Cild Wulfnoth Cild (died c. 1014) was a South Saxon thegn who is regarded by historians as the probable father of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and thus the grandfather of King Harold Godwinson.
