Wulfnoth Godwinson

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Wulfnoth Godwinson was an English nobleman of the powerful Godwin family and younger brother of Queen Edith of Wessex and Earl Harold Godwinson, later King Harold II.

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Label Occurrences
Wulfnoth Godwinson canonical 7
Wulfnoth Haroldson 1

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Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English nobleman
historical figure
associatedWith House of Normandy
Norman Conquest of England
capturedBy William the Conqueror
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
dateOfBirth circa 1040
dateOfDeath after 1087
detainedBy William I of England
William II of England
detainedIn Normandy
Rouen
Winchester
era High Middle Ages
late Anglo-Saxon England
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxon
linked to: Anglo-Saxons
familyRelation younger brother of Edith of Wessex
younger brother of Harold Godwinson
father Godwin, Earl of Wessex
floruit 11th century
gender male
languageSpoken Old English
memberOf Godwin family
mother Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
nobleTitle thegn
notableEvent released from captivity after death of William I
remained in captivity after Norman Conquest of England
taken as hostage to Normandy before 1066
notableFamily House of Godwin
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England
placeOfDeath Kingdom of England
positionHeld hostage in Normandy
relative King Harold II of England
linked to: Harold Godwinson

Queen Edith of Wessex
linked to: Edith of Wessex
religion Christianity
sibling Edith of Wessex
Gunhild Godwinsdóttir
Gyrth Godwinson
Harold Godwinson
Leofwine Godwinson
Swein Godwinson
linked to: Sweyn Godwinson

Tostig Godwinson
Ælfgar (son of Godwin)

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

Edith of Wessex sibling Wulfnoth Godwinson
Godwinson usedBy Wulfnoth Godwinson
Godwin, Earl of Wessex fatherOf Wulfnoth Godwinson
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir child Wulfnoth Godwinson
Tostig Godwinson sibling Wulfnoth Godwinson
Gunhild of Wessex sibling Wulfnoth Haroldson
linked to: Wulfnoth Godwinson
Godwin family notableMember Wulfnoth Godwinson
Godwin family parentOf Wulfnoth Godwinson