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Tostig Godwinson ( 1026 circa – Stamford Bridge, 25 settembre 1066) è stato un generale anglosassone, conte di Northumbria, figlio di Godwin del Wessex e fratello del re Aroldo II d'Inghilterra . Indice. 1 Biografia. 1.1 L'alleanza con Harald e la morte. 2 Matrimonio e figli. 3 Ascendenza. 4 Note. 5 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia.
Background. Tostig was the third son of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the daughter of Danish chieftain Thorgil Sprakling. In 1051, he married Judith of Flanders, the only child of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders by his second wife, Eleanor of Normandy.
La battaglia di Fulford ebbe luogo presso il villaggio di Fulford, vicino a York in Inghilterra, il 20 settembre 1066, quando re Harald III di Norvegia e Tostig del Wessex, suo alleato inglese, combatterono e sconfissero i conti Edwin e Morcar alleati con il re anglosassone Aroldo Godwinson.
4 giorni fa · C. 1026 - 1066. Tostig Godwinson, younger brother of King Harold II was the third son of the powerful Earl Godwine of Wessex and his Danish wife Gytha, the daughter of Thorkell Sprakaleg. In 1051, Tostig married Judith, the daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders and aunt of Matilda of Flanders, who married William, Duke of Normandy.
28 nov 2019 · Tostig Godwinson became the Earl of Northumbria in 1055. His brother was Earl Harold Godwinson of Wessex and his brother-in-law was King Edward the Confessor of England (r. 1042-1066). Encouraged by his own power and that of his relations, Earl Tostig began to act tyrannically in Northumbria, angering his local liegemen in various ways.
25 dic 2020 · Tostig Godwinson, one of the middle sons of Earl Godwin of Wessex, provides us with an exemplar of failed early English aristocratic manhood. He was a flawed son, brother, husband, father, soldier, general and politician who squandered the enormous opportunities that...
Historians believe that Tostig was the third son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. Since the reign of Cnut in 1016, the house of Godwin was powerful in Anglo-Saxon England. By the 1060s, the house of Godwin held nearly as much land as Edward the Confessor.
