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Sweyn Godwinson (Old English: Swegen Godƿinson) (c. 1020 – 1052), also spelled Swein, was the eldest son of Earl Godwin of Wessex, and brother of Harold II of England.
Sweyn Godwinson (in anglosassone Swegen Godƿinson; 1021 circa – Licia, 29 settembre 1052) è stato un nobile anglosassone, figlio maggiore di Godwin del Wessex e primo conte di Hereford. Biografia. Sweyn Godwinson nacque attorno al 1021, primogenito di Godwin del Wessex e Gytha Thorkelsdaettir.
The House of Godwin ( Old English: Godƿin) was an Anglo-Saxon family who were one of the leading noble families in England during the last fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was Harold Godwinson, King of England for nine months in 1066.
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- Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Biography. Accession to the throne. Sweyn was born in England, [4] as the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, the latter of whom was the daughter of King Sweyn I Forkbeard and sister of Kings Harald II and Canute the Great. Sweyn grew up a military leader, and served under king Anund Jacob of Sweden for a time. [4] .
Godwin del Wessex - Wikipedia. Godwin, conte di Wessex ( 990 – 15 aprile 1053 ), è stato un nobile anglosassone, molto vicino al re Canuto il Grande, fu da lui creato Conte di Wessex. Dei suoi figli, uno divenne Re con il nome di Aroldo II d'Inghilterra e un'altra, Edith del Wessex, sposò Edoardo il Confessore.
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- Aroldo Godwinson
2 giorni fa · The eldest son of Earl Godwine, a wild streak in his nature led to personal disaster. In 1046 he seduced the abbess of Leominster, fled to Denmark, and on his forced return to England, became responsible for the murder of his own cousin, Earl Beorn.
Lost among all those much more important names is that of Swegen Godwinson. Swegen (or Sweyn or Swein, all the names appear in modern history) was the eldest son of the powerful, Godwin, earl of Wessex and chief earl of England for nearly the entire first half of the eleventh century.
