Harold Godwinson was born around 1022 and died at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. In January 1066 he had become King of England following the death of Edward the Confessor. Harold Godwinson was one of eleven children. He married twice and had seven children. Listed below are the known members of the family of Harold Godwinson with dates where known.
See Also: Harold Godwinson Biography
The Family of Harold Godwinson
Grandparents
Wulfnoth Cild of Sussex (died 1014) – Father of Earl Godwin
Thorkel Sprakling – Father of Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Parents
Godwin Earl of Wessex (1001-1053) – Father
Gytha Thorkelsdottir (997-c1067) – Mother
Siblings
Sweyn Godwinson (1020 – 1052)
Edith of Wessex (1025 – 1075)
Tostig Godwinson (1026 – 1066)
Gyrth Godwinson (1032 – 1066)
Leofwine Godwinson (1035 – 1066)
Wulfnoth Godwinson (1040 – 1094)
Alfgar Godwinson (dates unknown)
Edgiva of Wessex (dates unknown)
Elgiva of Wessex (d. c. 1066)
Gunhilda of Wessex (d. 1087)
Nephews
Haakon Sweynson (b. 1046) – son of Sweyn Godwinson, mother unknown
Skuli Tostigson (dates unknown) – son of Tostig Godwinson and Judith of Flanders
Ketil Tostigson (dates unknown) – son of Tostig Godwinson and Judith of Flanders
Spouses
Edyth Swanneck (d. c1086) – married by handfasting ceremony
Ealdgyth of Mercia (dates unknown) – married in Christian ceremony
Children
by Edyth Swanneck
Godwin Haroldson (dates unknown)
Edmund Haroldson (dates unknown)
Magnus Haroldson (dates unknown)
Gunhilda Haroldsdottir (dates unknown)
Gytha Haroldsdottir (dates unknown)
by Ealdgyth of Mercia
Harold Haroldson (1067 – c1100)
Ulf Haroldson (dates unknown)
Son in Law
Vladimir II of Kiev (1053 – 1125) – married Gytha Haroldsdottir
Grandchildren
by Gytha
Mstislav the Great (1076 – 1132)
Izyaslav of Kursk (d. 1096)
Svyatoslav of Smolensk (d. 1114)
Yaropolk of Kiev (d. 1139)
Viacheslav of Kiev (d. 1154)