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1026 - 1066 (40 years)
Generation: 1
1. | Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia was born about 1026 (son of Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir); died on 25 Sep 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England. Other Events and Attributes:
- Travel: Sep 1051; In September 1051, Tostig and Judith were forced to flee England for Bruges, along with her in-laws after Tostig joined his father's armed rebellion against King Edward the Confessor; however, they returned home the following year.
- Travel: Nov 1065; Tostig was outlawed by King Edward in November 1065. Tostig, along with Judith and their children, was compelled to seek refuge with her half-brother in Flanders the following month.
- Military: 1066; Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England in 1066.
- Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020
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Tostig married Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria before Sep 1051. Judith (daughter of Baldwin IV de Lille "Fair Beard", Count of Flanders and Valenciennes and Elena of Normandy) was born about 1033 in Bruges, Flanders, Belguim; died on 5 Mar 1094; was buried in Weingarten Abbey, Weingarten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre was born in 1052.
- Ketil Tostisson was born in 1054.
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