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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir

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Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman. She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Gytha Thorkelsdóttir is the 1,147th most popular nobleman (down from 1,125th in 2024). (up from 3,422nd in 2019)

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir ranks 1,147 out of 1,415. Before her are Geoffrey, Count of Nantes, Princess Dorothea of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Irene Palaiologina, Ismail III, Boniface II, Margrave of Tuscany, and Princess Louise Sophie of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After her are Alexander, son of Herod, Sophie, Countess of Bar, Heinrich XIV, Prince Reuss Younger Line, Gothelo II of Lower Lorraine, Ernest II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Elizabeth of Nevers.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1010, Gytha Thorkelsdóttir ranks 17. Before her are Benno, Badr al-Jamali, Alī ibn Ahmad al-Nasawī, Eustace I, Count of Boulogne, Ernest II, Duke of Swabia, and Anno II. After her are Amatus of Montecassino, Drogo of Hauteville, Morphia of Melitene, and Eleanor of Normandy.

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