House of Godwin
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The House of Godwin was the house consisting of the Anglo-Saxon family who were one of the leading noble families in England during the last fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous mem
Godwin and his family return by ship to the court of king Edward the Confessor in 1052. From a 13th-century manuscript of the Vita Ædwardi Regis
Portrait of Godwin's daughter Edith, from a 13th-century manuscript of the Vita Ædwardi Regis
The coronation of Harold Godwinson, from the Bayeux Tapestry
Seal of King Inge II of Norway
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
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Godwin of Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex. Go
England in 1065; Earldoms in Godwin's immediate house are those east of Dehaubarth and Gwent shaded white
