Toscead betweox fadungum "Harold Gōdwines sunu"

| titul = Cyning Englalandes

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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|Swēoniscan]] 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.

In [[1058]] wearþ Harold ēac Eorl of [[Hereford]]e, and he replaced his late father as the focus of opposition to growing [[Normandig|Norman]] influence in Englalande under the restored Saxon monarchy ([[1042]] - [[1066]]) of [[Ēadweard se Andettere]], who had spent ælamæst þritig winter on wræcce in Normandige.

 

 

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]].