Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameThyra Sveynsdotttir 
Spouses
Birth987
Death15 Apr 1053, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England
BurialWinchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
FatherWulfnoth of Wessex , Cyld of Sussex (~983-1014)
Mother Thyra Svendsdatter Av Danmark (-1018)
Notes for Thyra Sveynsdotttir
Sveynsdottir, Thyra
Notes for Godwin (Spouse 1)
An Anglo-Danish noble, he rose to power under Canute, after whose death Godwin supported the acession of Edward the Confessor and became a dominant figure in royal government. In 1045 his daughter Edith married Edward. He was overthrown in 1051 but regained his position by force in 1052. He was suceeded by his son Harold. Died of Apoplexy.
Father: , Wulfnoth of Sussex, Cyld of Sussex
Married to Sveynsdottir, Thyra
Notes:
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (1B:22). This line shows Godwin's 8 generation descent from AETHULWULF, KING OF WESSEX (RIN 1339).
1. Edith_* of_Wessex
2. Harold_II*
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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Gōdwine) (990 – 15 April 1053), was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.
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725Godwin of Wessex was the most powerful man in England after the King, whom he supported in the raid on the treasures at Winchester, but who tried his utmost to run the country as family fiefdom. He plotted to have Edward marry his daughter Edith, a union to which the king consented to keep Godwin happy and allied in the face of continued Scandinavian threats. Edward was double Edith's age; the marriage did not produce an heir, for the saintly king had earlier taken a vow of chastity (a hunting accident had left him impotent in any case). Edward wanted his Norman relatives to gain the throne of England. The handing over of power to William became his obsession. But there were other claimants from the house of Earl Godwin that contested the king's wishes.
Father: , Wulfnoth of Sussex, Cyld of Sussex
Married to Sveynsdottir, Thyra
Notes:
Weis' "Ancestral Roots. . ." (1B:22). This line shows Godwin's 8 generation descent from AETHULWULF, KING OF WESSEX (RIN 1339).
1. Edith_* of_Wessex
2. Harold_II*
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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Gōdwine) (990 – 15 April 1053), was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.
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725Godwin of Wessex was the most powerful man in England after the King, whom he supported in the raid on the treasures at Winchester, but who tried his utmost to run the country as family fiefdom. He plotted to have Edward marry his daughter Edith, a union to which the king consented to keep Godwin happy and allied in the face of continued Scandinavian threats. Edward was double Edith's age; the marriage did not produce an heir, for the saintly king had earlier taken a vow of chastity (a hunting accident had left him impotent in any case). Edward wanted his Norman relatives to gain the throne of England. The handing over of power to William became his obsession. But there were other claimants from the house of Earl Godwin that contested the king's wishes.