Edmund Godwinson

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historical figure
gptkbp:alliance gptkb:Danish_forces
gptkbp:battle gptkb:Battle_of_Hastings
Battle of Assandun
gptkbp:born c. 1030
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Waltham_Abbey
gptkbp:children Edmund,_Eadgyth,_and_others
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Harold_Hardrada
gptkb:Tostig_Godwinson
gptkb:Edward_the_Confessor
gptkb:William_the_Conqueror
gptkbp:culturalHeritage Various historical novels and films
gptkbp:defeated gptkb:William_the_Conqueror
gptkbp:descendant gptkb:House_of_Wessex
House of Knýtlinga
gptkbp:died 1066
gptkbp:father gptkb:Godwin,_Earl_of_Wessex
gptkbp:historicalPeriod gptkb:The_Vita_Edwardi
gptkb:Anglo-Saxon_Chronicle
gptkb:William_of_Malmesbury
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
Viking Age
The Domesday Book
Orderic Vitalis
The Gesta Herewardi
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Last_Anglo-Saxon_king_of_England
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_Godwin
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Edmund Godwinson
gptkbp:knownFor Claim_to_the_English_throne
gptkbp:legacy Symbol_of_resistance_against_Norman_conquest
gptkbp:militaryRank King
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Gytha_Thorkelsdóttir
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Anglo-Saxon
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Edmund_Ironside
gptkbp:politicalPosition gptkb:Kingdom_of_England
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Harold_II_of_England
gptkbp:reign October 1066
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Harold_Godwinson
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:English_succession_crisis
gptkbp:spouse Ealdgyth
gptkbp:successor gptkb:William_the_Conqueror
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_England