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Jarl Thorkill "Sparkalaeg"

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Jarl Thorkill "Sparkalaeg"

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was a follower of King Knut.

    Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Gytha Thorkelsdóttir  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gytha Thorkelsdóttir Descendancy chart to this point (1.Thorkill1)

    Gytha married Godwine, Ealdorman of Wessex on 1019 - 1020 in England. Godwine (son of Wulfnoth Cild, Theign of Sussex) died on 15 Apr 1053 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Gunhild  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 4. Ealdorman Swegen  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1052 in England.
    3. 5. Harold II Godwinsson, King of England  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1022 in England; died on 14 Oct 1066.
    4. 6. Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1026; died on 25 Sep 1066 in Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England.
    5. 7. Ealdorman Gyrth  Descendancy chart to this point died on 25 Sep 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.
    6. 8. Ealdorman Leofwine  Descendancy chart to this point died on 25 Sep 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.
    7. 9. Wulfnoth  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1087 in England.
    8. 10. Edith  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1075.


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Gunhild Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: Ælfgifu


  2. 4.  Ealdorman Swegen Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) died in 1052 in England.

  3. 5.  Harold II Godwinsson, King of England Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born about 1022 in England; died on 14 Oct 1066.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: On 5 January 1066, he was crowned the King of England
    • Reign: 1066; King of England

    Notes:

    Name:

    Family/Spouse: Edith "Swanneshals". [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 11. Godwine  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 12. Eadmund  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 13. Magnus  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 14. Gunhild  Descendancy chart to this point
    5. 15. Gytha of Wessex, Princess of England  Descendancy chart to this point

    Harold married Ealdgyth of Mercia in 1064 or Mar 1066 in York, Yorkshire, England. Ealdgyth (daughter of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia and Elfleda) was born about 1034 in Kingdom of Mercia; died in 1070. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Harold  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died after 1098.
    2. 17. Ulf  Descendancy chart to this point was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died after 1087.

  4. 6.  Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumberia Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born about 1026; 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

    Notes:

    Name:


    Died:

    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:
    1. 18. Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1052.
    2. 19. Ketil Tostisson  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1054.

  5. 7.  Ealdorman Gyrth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) died on 25 Sep 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He held Washington.


  6. 8.  Ealdorman Leofwine Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) died on 25 Sep 1066 in Hastings, Sussex, England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He held Halton.


  7. 9.  Wulfnoth Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) died in 1087 in England.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: He was held hostage by King William.


  8. 10.  Edith Descendancy chart to this point (2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) died in 1075.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Married: Edward "the Confessor", King of England, the son of Æthelred II "the Unrede", King of England and Emma of Normandy. He was born about 1005. [Edward, married Edith] He was crowned King of England in 1042 in England. He died in 1066 in England.



Generation: 4

  1. 11.  Godwine Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

  2. 12.  Eadmund Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

  3. 13.  Magnus Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

  4. 14.  Gunhild Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    History:
    She became a nun at Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire.


  5. 15.  Gytha of Wessex, Princess of England Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1)

    Gytha married Vladimir II "Monomachus", Grand Prince of Kiev about 1070. Vladimir (son of Wsevolod I, Grand Prince of Kiev and Maria Monomacha) was born in 1053; died on 19 May 1125; was buried in Kiev, Ukraine. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Mstislav I of Kiev "the Great", Grand Prince of Kiev  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Jun 1076 in Turov, Gomel Region, Belarus; died on 15 Apr 1132 in Kiev, Ukraine.
    2. 21. Isiaslaw  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1096.
    3. 22. Swiatoslaw, King of Perejaslavl  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1114.
    4. 23. Jaropolk II, King of Kiev  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1139.
    5. 24. Wiaczeslaw, King of Kiev  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1154.
    6. 25. Marine  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1146.

  6. 16.  Harold Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died after 1098.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Probably a twin.

    History:
    He grew up in exile on the Continent.


  7. 17.  Ulf Descendancy chart to this point (5.Harold3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born in Dec 1066 in Chester, Cheshire, England; died after 1087.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • History: birth to death

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Probably a twin.

    History:
    Some authorities have stated that he was an illegitimate son of Harold by his mistress Edith Swanneshal.

    Ulf is said by some chroniclers to have drowned at sea before 1070, but he is recorded as being alive in 1087 in Normandy, after which he disappears from the records.


  8. 18.  Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre Descendancy chart to this point (6.Tostig3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born in 1052.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • General Information: By tradition, his descendants included a great-great-granddaughter, Helena Guttormsdotter, was the mistress of Valdemar II of Denmark and mother of Valdemar's son Canute, Duke of Reval. He was the great-great-grandfather of King Inge II of Norway and Duke Skule Bårdsson, and the matrilineal great-great-grandfather of Estrid Bjørnsdotter.
    • Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020


  9. 19.  Ketil Tostisson Descendancy chart to this point (6.Tostig3, 2.Gytha2, 1.Thorkill1) was born in 1054.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Last Full Review: 12 Aug 2020



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