Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia

1026 - 1066  (40 years)

• Name	Tostig Godwinson
  Relationship	with Robert Alan Roy
  Birth	About 1026  [5]
  Travel	Sep 1051 (Age 25)  [5, 6]
  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 (Age 39)  [5]
  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 (Age 40)  [5]
  Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England in 1066.
  Death	25 Sep 1066	Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	He was killed in the Battle of Stamford Bridge. [5]
  Siblings	7 Siblings
  1. Gunhild   2. Ealdorman Swegen   d. 1052, England + 3. Harold II Godwinsson, King of England,   b. Abt 1022, England d. 14 Oct 1066  (Age 44 years) ▻ Edith "Swanneshals";   Ealdgyth of Mercia,  m. 1064 or Mar 1066 + 4. Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia ,   b. About 1026   d. 25 Sep 1066, Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England  (Age 40 years) ▻ Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria,  m. Before Sep 1051   5. Ealdorman Gyrth   d. 25 Sep 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England   6. Ealdorman Leofwine   d. 25 Sep 1066, Hastings, Sussex, England   7. Wulfnoth   d. 1087, England   8. Edith   d. 1075
  Person ID	I22567
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

  Father	Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex   d. 15 Apr 1053, England
  Mother	Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
  Marriage	1019 - 1020	England
  Family ID	F2911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith of Flanders, Countess of Northumbria,   b. About 1033, Bruges, Flanders, Belguim d. 5 Mar 1094 (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Before Sep 1051  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Age at Marriage	He : ~ 25 years and 8 months - She : ~ 18 years and 8 months.
  Children	Together they had children whose names and numbers are not recorded. They were described in the Vita Ædwardi Regis as "unweaned" at the time of their father's death.   [6]
  Children	1. Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre,   b. 1052   2. Ketil Tostisson,   b. 1054
  Family ID	F2705	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	25 Aug 2021

  
  

• Event Map		Death - 25 Sep 1066 - Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S1488] Barlow, Lundie W. "The Antecedents of Earl Godwine of Wessex" , (Boston: The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, volume CXI, January 1957). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W. Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002). [S63] von Redlisch, Marcellus Donald Alexander R. Pedigrees of Some of the Emperor Charlemagne's Descendants volume 1 , (Cottonport, Louisiana: Order of the Crown of Charlemagne, 1941). [S59] Weis, Frederick Lewis. Ancestral Roots of Sixty Colonists Who Came to New England Between 1623 and 1650 Fifth Editionif, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982). [S304] Wikipedia, Tostig Godwinson. [S304] Wikipedia, Judith of Flanders (died 1095).