Tostig godwinson biography sampler

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. The marriage produced two sons:- Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre (born 1052) -

Godwin and his sons

The great-great-grandfather of Helena Guttormsdotter who was the mistress of Valdemar II of Denmark and mother of Valdemar's son Canute, Duke of Reval.

Tostig Godwinson became Earl of Northumbria in • Gyrth Godwinson was made Earl of East Anglia in • Leofwine Godwinson became earl of several smaller.

Tostig Godwinson became Earl of Northumbria in • Gyrth Godwinson was made Earl of East Anglia in • Leofwine Godwinson became earl of several smaller.

Harold Godwinson was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England - and the first English monarch crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Written in Shakespearean blank verse, this rousing drama treats the events leading up to the Norman conquest of England in AD.

Harold was assisted by his brother Tostig, Earl of Northumbria in Wales, and the two earls launched a land and sea attack in the autumn of CE, driving.

Earl Tostig.

He was also the patrilineal great-great-grandfather of king Inge II of Norway and duke Skule Bårdsson, father of the Norwegian Queen Consort Margrét Skúladóttir, spouse of King Haakon IV of Norway. He was also the matrilineal great-great-grandfather of Queen Estrid Bjørnsdotter, the wife of Magnus V of Norway.

Ketil Tostisson (born 1054) Along with his father and brothers, Tostig was