Gunhild
Godwinsdottir
"Gunnhild"
Wessex
Born about in England
Ancestors 
Daughter of Godwin Wulfnothsson (Wessex) of Wessex
and Gytha (Thorgilsdatter) Wessex
Sister of
Svein Godwinson, Harold Godwinson (Wessex) of England, Ælfgar Godwinson Wessex, Tostig Godwinson, Eadgyth Godwinsdottir (Wessex) England, Leofwine Godwinson, Ælfgifu Godwinssdottir Wessex, Gyrth Godwinson and Wulfnoth (Wessex) Godwinson
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 62
in Bruges, Flanders
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Jun 2011
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Gunhild Wessex is a member of the House of Godwin.
Biography
Gunhild was the daughter of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha.[1][2][3] Her birth date is unknown.
In about 1068 Gunhild accompanied her mother and Gytha, daughter of her brother Harold II, to Flanders.[1] She moved from St Omer to Bruges, then for a period to Denmark, and then returned to Bruges, where she died on 24 August 1087.[3]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, entry by Ann Williams for 'Godwine [Godwin], earl of Wessex', print and online 2004
- ↑ Donald Henson. The English Elite in §066, Anglo-Saxon Books, 2001, p. 39
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Charles Cawley. GUNHILD (-Bruges 24 Aug 1087), entry in "Medieval Lands" database (accessed xx-date-xx), child 9 under Godwin
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