Gunhild of Wessex

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Gunhild of Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon princess of the House of Wessex, a daughter of King Harold Godwinson who later became known for her association with religious life and continental courts after the Norman Conquest.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gunhild of Wessex canonical 1
Gunhilda of Denmark 1
Gunnhild of Wessex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon princess
member of the House of Wessex
noblewoman
afterEvent lived in exile on the Continent after the Norman Conquest
associatedWith Wilton Abbey
court of Flanders
linked to: Council of Flanders

court of the Holy Roman Empire
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1055
dateOfDeath after 1093
educatedAt Wilton Abbey
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons
family House of Wessex
father Harold Godwinson
Harold II of England
linked to: Harold Godwinson
gender female
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages
historicalRegion Anglo-Saxon England
knownFor association with continental courts
religious life after the Norman Conquest
languageSpoken Old English
mother Edith Swannesha
nobleFamily House of Godwin
notableEvent Norman Conquest of England
notableFamilyEvent death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings
notableFor being a daughter of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
positionHeld nun (or oblate) at Wilton Abbey
religion Christianity
Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Alfgar Haroldson
Eadmund Haroldson
Edith Haroldsdottir
Godwin Haroldson
Gytha of Wessex
Harold Haroldson
Magnus Haroldson
Swein Haroldson
linked to: Harold Bluetooth

Ulf Haroldson
linked to: Magnus Haroldson

Wulfnoth Haroldson
linked to: Wulfnoth Godwinson

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edith of Wessex sibling Gunhild of Wessex
Harthacnut sibling Gunhilda of Denmark
linked to: Gunhild of Wessex
Edith Swannesha child Gunnhild of Wessex
linked to: Gunhild of Wessex