Gyrth Godwinson

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11th-century person Anglo-Saxon noble English nobleman earl

Gyrth Godwinson was an 11th-century English nobleman and earl, best known as the younger brother and close supporter of King Harold Godwinson who died alongside him resisting the Norman Conquest.

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Label Occurrences
Gyrth Godwinson canonical 9
Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century person ⓘ
Anglo-Saxon noble ⓘ
English nobleman ⓘ
earl ⓘ
activePeriod mid-11th century ⓘ
allegiance Harold Godwinson ⓘ
surface form: King Harold Godwinson
associatedRegion East Anglia ⓘ
southern England ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
battle Battle of Hastings ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfDeath 14 October 1066 ⓘ
deathCause combat-related injury ⓘ
diedAlongside Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson ⓘ
era Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
surface form: Late Anglo-Saxon England
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon ⓘ
father Godwin, Earl of Wessex ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
house House of Godwin ⓘ
language Old English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath killed in battle ⓘ
mother Gytha Thorkelsdóttir ⓘ
nobleFamily Godwin family ⓘ
notableFor role in resistance to the Norman Conquest ⓘ
support of his brother King Harold II ⓘ
placeOfDeath near Hastings, Sussex ⓘ
politicalFaction Godwin family faction at the English court ⓘ
positionHeld Earl of Cambridgeshire ⓘ
Earl of East Anglia ⓘ
Earl of Hertfordshire ⓘ
Earl of Oxfordshire ⓘ
rank high-ranking English earl ⓘ
relative Edward the Confessor ⓘ
surface form: King Edward the Confessor
religion Christianity ⓘ
sibling Edith of Wessex ⓘ
Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson ⓘ
Sweyn Godwinson ⓘ
Tostig Godwinson ⓘ
supported Harold Godwinson’s claim to the English throne ⓘ
title Earl ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Godwinson → sibling → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Edith of Wessex → sibling → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Godwinson → usedBy → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Godwinson → notableBearer → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gyrth Godwinson, Earl of East Anglia
Godwin, Earl of Wessex → fatherOf → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir → child → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
House of Godwin → notableMember → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Leofwine Godwinson → sibling → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Earl of East Anglia → hasTitleHolder → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ
Tostig Godwinson → sibling → Gyrth Godwinson ⓘ