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Godwin, Earl of Wessex

1001 - 1053

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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: Godwine; died 15 April 1053) was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great (King of England from 1016 to 1035) and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex (c. 1020). Godwin was the father of King Harold II (r. January – October 1066) and of Edith of Wessex, who in 1045 married King Edward the Confessor (r. 1042–1066). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Godwin, Earl of Wessex is the 450th most popular nobleman (down from 318th in 2019), the 1,506th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,078th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Nobleman.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 450 out of 1,415. Before him are Eric Magnusson, Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Princess Elisabeth of Saxony, Henry I, Duke of Burgundy, Mataswintha, and Ulrich II, Count of Celje. After him are Peter I, Count of Savoy, Charlotte of Albret, Elias, Duke of Parma, Hugh, Count of Champagne, Sophie, Princess of Albania, and Ernst Gunther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein.

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Among people born in 1001, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 10. Before him are Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Qutalmish, Al-Qa'im, Alberic of Cîteaux, Antipope Adalbert, and Blot-Sweyn. After him are Abd al-Rahman V, Gyda of Sweden, Catherine of Bulgaria, Ibn Butlan, Fakhruddin As'ad Gurgani, and Eustace Grenier. Among people deceased in 1053, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 1. After him are Procopius of Sázava, and Frederick, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 1,506 out of 8,785. Before him are Norman Lockyer (1836), William Russell (1924), Sam Taylor-Johnson (1967), John Horton Conway (1937), John Blow (1649), and Jack W. Szostak (1952). After him are Helen McCrory (1968), Maurice Wilkes (1913), John Wilkins (1614), Arnold Jackson (1891), Gildas (500), and Steve McQueen (1969).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Godwin, Earl of Wessex ranks 47. Before him are William of Winchester, Lord of Lunenburg (1184), Princess Hélène of Orléans (1871), Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn (1914), John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall (1316), Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales (1473), and Louise d'Orléans (1869). After him are Margaret Stewart, Dauphine of France (1424), Elizabeth Boleyn, Countess of Wiltshire (1480), Frances Shand Kydd (1936), Katharine, Duchess of Kent (1933), Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne (1855), and Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737).

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