Godwin, Earl of Wessex

Godwin
Godwin
Reign	1020–1053
Born	c. 1001; probably Sussex
Died	15 April 1053; Winchester, Hampshire, England
Spouse	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Issue; more...	Sweyn, Earl of Herefordshire; Harold II, King of England; Tostig, Earl of Northumbria; Edith, Queen of England; Gyrth, Earl of East Anglia; Leofwine, Earl of Kent; Wulfnoth;
House	Godwin (founder)
Father	Wulfnoth Cild

Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; c. 1001 – 15 April 1053) was an English nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r. January – October 1066) and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066).

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