Haroldes fæder wæsƿæs [[Godwin Eorl of Westseaxum|GodwinGodƿin]], se onwealdigaonƿealdiga [[Eorl of Westseaxe|Eorl of Ƿestseaxe]]. GodwinGodƿin wæsƿæs sunu [[Wulfnoþ Cild|WulfnoðesǷulfnoðes Cildes]], [[þegn]] on [[Sūþseaxe|Sūþseaxum]] and wīfodeƿīfode tuwatuƿa. His ǣreste wīfƿīf wæsƿæs [[Þyra Sveinsdōttir]] ([[994]] - [[1018]]), [[Swegn I Dena Cyning|SwegnesSƿegnes I Dena and Norrena Cyninges]] dōhtor, hwelchƿelc SwegnSƿegn Cyning wæsƿæs ēac cyning ofer [[Englalande]]. His ōðer wīfƿīf wæsƿæs [[Gyþa Þorkelsdōttir]], suna dōhtor þæs [[Swēoland|SwēoniscanSƿēoniscan]] wicingesƿicinges [[Styrbjörn Starke|Styrbjörnes Starkes]] and þridde dōhtor [[Harold Hǣwentōþ|Haroldes HǣwentōþesHǣƿentōþes]], Dena and Norrena cyning, fæder SwegnesSƿegnes I. GodwinGodƿin and his ōðere wīfƿīf hæfdon twēgentƿēgen suna: Harold and [[Tostig]], and āne dōhtor [[Ēadgyþ Engla Cwēn|Ēadgyþ Engla Cƿēn]] ([[1020]] - [[1075]]), [[Ēadweard se Andettere|ĒadweardesĒadƿeardes þǣs Andetteres]] cwēncƿēn.
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Se cyning stīpte Harold [[Eastengle|Eastengla]] [[Eorl]] in [[1045]]. Harold folgede Godwine in wræcce in 1051 ac fultumede hine his ambeht wyrcean æfter ānum winter. Ðan Godwine stearf in [[1053]], æfterfylde Harold hine swa [[Westseaxe|Westseaxne]] Eorl (ðæs underrīce befeng Englalandes sūðernmest þridde dæl). Be þissum stealle wæs he Engla rīces hēasta mann æfter þǣm cyninge.
