Gyrth Godwinsson^{[1, 2]}

Abt 1032 - 1066  (34 years)

• Name	Gyrth Godwinsson
  Born	Abt 1032	Isle of Thanet, Kent, England
  Christened	Also Of, Isle Of Thanet, Kent, England
  Gender	Male
  Died	14 Oct 1066	Senlac Hill, Hastings, East Sussex, England, (Battle of Hastings)
  	Killed at the Battle of Hastings
  Buried	Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cro, Essex, England
  Person ID	I503164	Gedcom2026
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Godwin Earl of Wessex,   b. Abt 978, Sussex, England ,   d. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir,   b. 997, Halland, Krokstad, Bohuslän, Sverige ,   d. 1069, St. Omer, Flandern  (Age 72 years)
  Married	1019	Halland, Sweden
  Family ID	F500812	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  [S7] FamilySearch Family Tree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.dk/research/collection-40001/familysearch-family-tree?itemId=1406523967&action=showRecord (Reliability: 4). Gyrth Godwinsson Earl of East Anglia&lt;br&gt;Køn: Mand&lt;br&gt;Fødsel: Cirka 1032 - Isle of Thanet, Kent, England&lt;br&gt;Dåb: Also Of, Isle Of Thanet, Kent, England&lt;br&gt;Død: Killed at the Battle of Hastings&lt;br&gt;Død: 14. okt. 1066 - Senlac Hill, Hastings, East Sussex, England, (Battle of Hastings)&lt;br&gt;Gravlagt: Waltham Abbey, Waltham Holy Cro, Essex, England&lt;br&gt;Der synes at være et problem med denne persons slægtninge. Find personen i FamilySearch for at se denne information.&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Yderligere information: <br> <br>TitleOfNobility: Earl of East Anglia<br>LifeSketch: GYRTH ([1032]-killed in battle Hastings 14 Oct 1066[573]). Orderic Vitalis names “Suenum, Tosticum, Heraldum, Guorth, Elgarum, Leofvinum et Wlnodum” as the seven sons of “Githa Goduini comitis relicta”[574]. Florence of Worcester records that he fled with his parents to Bruges in 1051, after the family's disgrace[575]. He was appointed Earl of the East Angles in 1057, in succession to Earl Ælfgar who had succeeded his father as Earl of Mercia. After Gyrth's death, his lands were given to Ralph "the Staller" by William I King of England. Per Project Medlands [S54] WikiTree, (MyHeritage), https://www.myheritage.dk/research/collection-10109/wikitree?itemId=10200645&action=showRecord (Reliability: 4). Gyrth Earl of East Anglia Godwinson&lt;br&gt;Køn: Mand&lt;br&gt;Fødsel: 1030 - Wessex, England&lt;br&gt;Død: 14. okt. 1066&lt;br&gt;Far: Godwin Wulfnothsson 1st Earl of Wessex of Wessex (født Wessex)&lt;br&gt;Mor: Gytha Wessex (født Thorgilsdatter)&lt;br&gt;Søskende: Ælfgifu Aelfgifu Godwinssdottir Elgiva, Eadgifu WessexSvein Swegen Earl GodwinssonLeofwine Earl of Essex and Kent GodwinssonWulfnoth Godwinson (født Wessex)Alfgar Godwinson WessexGunhild Godwinsdotter WessexTostig Earl of Northumbria GodwinssonEadgyth Godwinsdottir England (født Wessex)Harald Harold II Godwinson King of the English of England (født Wessex)&lt;br&gt;Fotos: