Event: Exile, Overwintering, Residence
Godwine 51
.expulsion from England
Asserted in:
ASC (C-F) 1042-1087
C 1051
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Scholarly Info
Description
MS C: Earl
Godwine 51
and all his sons were driven out of England. He went to Bruges with his wife [
Gytha 1
] and with his three sons,
Swein 3
,
Tosti 2
, and
Gyrth 1
. And
Harold 3
and
Leofwine 69
went to Ireland and stayed there that winter.
Year
1051
Primary Source Info
Persons associated with this Event:
Agent
:
Godwine 51
(
Ealdorman of Wessex, d. 1053
)
Participant
:
Gytha 1
(
Wife of Earl
Godwine 51
, d. 1068
)
Participant
:
Swein 3
(
Earl; son of Earl
Godwine 51
, d. 1052
)
Participant
:
Tosti 2
(
Earl; son of
Godwine 51
, d. 1066
)
Participant
:
Gyrth 1
(
Earl of East Anglia, d. 1066; son of Earl
Godwine 51
)
Participant
:
Harold 3
(
II, 1022/3??1066, king of England 1066, the second son of Earl
Godwine 51
)
Participant
:
Leofwine 69
(
Earl, d. 1066; a younger son of Earl
Godwine 51
)
Locations associated with this Event:
Bruges: (
), now
Bruges, Belgium
Ireland: (
), now
Ireland, Ireland
: (
)