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Gyrth Godwinson

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Following the death of his father in April 1053, the Godwinsons managed to retain their hold on England. Harold inherited the Earldom of Wessex and became second in power only to the king. Gyrth was made Earl of East Anglia, Cambridgeshire and Oxfordshire some time between 1055 and 1057. Together
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in battle, saying that he instead could lead the English forces and that he must stay in London to lead another battle and reminding him of the oath which he had sworn to William. Harold, however, ignored Gyrth's advice. Gyrth fought at and was killed in the
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into exile to Flanders in 1051, but unlike Sweyn he was able to return with the rest of the clan the following year. Along with his brothers Harold and Tostig, Gyrth was present at his father's death-bed.
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HIC CECIDERUNT LEWINE ET GYRD FRATRES HAROLDI REGIS
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Index



Battle of Hastings
scene 52
Bayeux Tapestry
Old English
Earl Godwin
Harold Godwinson
Sweyn
Leofwine
the Godwinsons
Orderic Vitalis
William of Malmesbury
William of Normandy
Battle of Hastings
Malcolm Webster
BBC
Theatre 625
ISBN
1-84383-027-2
Gyrth 1
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England
Peerage of England
Ælfgār
Earl of East Anglia
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Norman Conquest
William the Conqueror

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