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| bryd = [[Ealdgȳð Swannhnesce]]
| hus = [[Godwin]]
| bearn =
| bearn = Godwin<br />Ēadmund<br />Magnus<br />Gunhild<br />Gyþa<br />Harold<br />Ulf
| fæder = [[Godwin, Eorl of Westseaxum]]
| modor = [[Gyþa Þorkelsdóttir]]
| acennesse = [[1022]]
| dēaþdeaþ = 14 Winterfylleþ 1066
| byrgen = [[Waltham Mynster]]
}}
'''Harold Godwinson''', oþþe '''Harold II''' (c. 1022 - [[14 Winterfylleþ]], 1066) wæs se endenīehsta Seaxisca Engla cyning. Hē wēold of 5um Æfterran Gēolan oþ 14um Winterfylleðes, 1066, þonne hē wearþ in þǣm [[Beadu Hǣstingum|Beadwe Hǣstingum]] gecweald.
Haroldes fæder wæs [[Godwin Eorl of Westseaxum|Godwin]], se onwealdiga [[Eorl of Westseaxe]]. Godwin wæs sunu [[Wulfnoþ Cild|Wulfnoðes Cildes]], [[þegn]] on [[Sūþseaxe|Sūþseaxum]] and wīfode tuwa. His ǣreste wīf wæs [[Þyra Sveinsdōttir]] ([[994]] - [[1018]]), [[Swegn I Dena Cyning|Swegnes I Dena and Norrena Cyninges]] dōhtor, hwelc Swegn Cyning wæs ēac cyning ofer [[Englalande]]. His ōðer wīf wæs [[Gyþa Þorkelsdōttir]], suna dōhtor þæs [[Swēoland|SwēolandesSwēoniscan]] wicinges [[Styrbjörn Starke|Styrbjörnes Starkes]] and þridde dōhtor [[Harold Hǣwentōþ|Haroldes Hǣwentōþes]], Dena and Norrena cyning, fæder Swegnes I. Godwin and his ōðere wīf hæfdon twēgen suna: Harold and [[Tostig]], and āne dōhtor [[Ēadgyþ Engla Cwēn]] ([[1020]] - [[1075]]), [[Ēadweard se Andettere|Ēadweardes þǣs Andetteres]] cwēn.
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CreatedSe cyning stīpte Harold [[EorlEastengle|Eastengla]] [[Eastengle|EastenglaEorl]] in [[1045]],. Harold accompaniedfolgede GodwinGodwine intoin exilewræcce in [[1051]] butac helpedfultumede himhine tohis regainambeht hiswyrcean positionæfter aānum year laterwinter. WhenÐan GodwinGodwine diedstearf in [[1053]], æfterfylde Harold succeededhine him as Earl ofswa [[WessexWestseaxe|Westseaxne]] Eorl (aðæs provinceunderrīce atbefeng thatEnglalandes timesūðernmest coveringþridde the southernmost third of Englanddæl). ThisBe madeþissum himstealle thewæs secondhe mostEngla powerfulrīces figure inhēasta Englandmann afteræfter theþǣm kingcyninge.
In [[1058]] Harold wearþ Harold ēac Eorl of [[Hereford]]ae, and he replaced his late father as the focus of opposition to growing [[Normandig|Norman]] influence in EnglandEnglalande under the restored Saxon monarchy ([[1042]] - [[1066]]) of [[Ēadweard se Andettere]], who had spent moreælamæst thanþritig awinter quarter of a century inon exilewræcce in Normandige.
He gained glory in a series of campaigns ([[1062]] - [[1063]]) against the ruler of [[Kingdom of Gwynedd|Gwynedd]], [[Gruffydd ap Llywelyn]], who had conquered all of [[WalesWēalas]]; this conflict ended with Gruffydd's defeat (and deathhis atdēað theæt handshis of hisagnum ownwigan troopshandum) in [[1063]]. About [[1064]], beweddode Harold married EdithĒadgyþ, daughtersēo ofwæs theþæs [[EarlEorl of MerciaMyrclande|Miercna Eorles]], dōhtor and formerēac wifeār ofwæs GruffyddGruffyddes ap Llywelynwīf. ByBe Harold, Edithbar hadĒadgyð twotwegen sonssunan - possibly twins - namedbe namum Harold and Ulf, bothand ofþās cnapan whombegen survivedoferlifedon intoto adulthood and probably ended their lives in exile. King Harold Godwinson alsogestrȳnde hadēac 6siexe childrenbearn bybe his Queen, "[[Ealdgȳð Swannhnesce]]" orsēo wæs "Edythhis Swanneck"gemæcca.
In [[1065]] Harold supported [[Northumbria]]n rebels against his brother [[Tostig]] who replaced him with [[Morcar, Earl of Northumbria|Morcar]]. This strengthened his acceptability as Edward's successor, but fatally divided his own family, driving Tostig into alliance with King [[Harald Hardrada]] of [[Norway]].
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