Gytha of WessexEtà: 48 anni1050–1098
- Nome
- Gytha of Wessex
- Cognome
- of Wessex (d'Inghilterra)
| Nascita | tra il 1050 e il 1055 28 45 |
| Morte di un nonno materno | Godwin of Wessex 15 aprile 1053 |
| Morte del padre | Harold of Wessex 14 ottobre 1066 (Età 16 anni) |
| Nascita di un figlio n° 1 | Mstislav «I »il Grande«» Rurikids 1076 (Età 26 anni) |
| Matrimonio di un figlio | Mstislav «I »il Grande«» Rurikids — Cristina di Svezia — View this family 1095 (Età 45 anni) |
| Morte di una nonna paterna | Gytha «Thorkelsdaettir» di Danimarca tra il 1069 e il 1100 (Età 19 anni) |
| Morte di una nonna materna | Wulfgyth ?? tra il 1042 e il 1120 |
| Morte della madre | Eadgyth Swanneshals tra il 1066 e il 1135 (Età 16 anni) |
| Morte | 10 marzo 1098 (Età 48 anni) |
| Famiglia con genitori |
| padre |
Harold of Wessex Nascita: circa 1022 29 42 — Wessex Morte: 14 ottobre 1066 — in battaglia contro i Normanni, Hastings |
| madre |
Eadgyth Swanneshals Nascita: tra il 1005 e il 1040 45 Morte: tra il 1066 e il 1135 |
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Matrimonio: — unmarried |
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| herself |
Gytha of Wessex Nascita: tra il 1050 e il 1055 28 45 Morte: 10 marzo 1098 — (o 1099) |
| Famiglia del padre con Ealdgyth of Mercia |
| padre |
Harold of Wessex Nascita: circa 1022 29 42 — Wessex Morte: 14 ottobre 1066 — in battaglia contro i Normanni, Hastings |
| matrigna |
Ealdgyth of Mercia Nascita: tra il 1010 e il 1050 20 45 Morte: tra il 1066 e il 1145 |
| Famiglia con «Vladimir» Vsevolodich «»Monomakh«» Rurikids |
| marito |
«Vladimir» Vsevolodich «»Monomakh«» Rurikids Nascita: 1053 23 23 Morte: 19 maggio 1125 |
| herself |
Gytha of Wessex Nascita: tra il 1050 e il 1055 28 45 Morte: 10 marzo 1098 — (o 1099) |
| figlio |
Mstislav «I »il Grande«» Rurikids Nascita: 1076 23 26 Morte: 14 aprile 1132 — Kiev |
| Nota | http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ENGLAND,%20AngloSaxon%20&%20Danish%20K ings.htm [GYTHA [Eadgyth] ([1050/55]-10 Mar [1098/99]). Gytha's estim ated birth date range, based on the birth dates of her children and th e estimated date of her husband's second marriage, suggests that she m ust have been King Harold´s daughter by his mistress Eadgyth Swannesh als, although this supposition is not based on any primary source data . The name "Gytha" suggests that in England she was originally calle d Eadgyth. Gytha´s existence, and her Russian marriage, are confirme d only by sources written in the late 12th/early 13th centuries, betwe en 100 and 150 years after the estimated date of the marriage, althoug h it is of course possible that these sources were based on earlier re cords which have since disappeared. None of the other earlier source s which name the sons of King Harold II, such as the Anglo-Saxon Chron icle and Florence of Worcester, mention any daughters. According to Sa xo Grammaticus, after her father's death she and her two brothers "imm ediately emigrated to Denmark" where Svend II Estrithsen King of Denma rk "received them in a spirit of family duty" and arranged her marriag e to "Waldemarus King of the Russians" [1]. Whether such a move can ha ve been made "immediately" is open to doubt, considering the rebellion s of her supposed brothers in England which are dated to 1068 and 1069 . Gytha is named as King Harold's daughter in Fagrskinna, which also g ives her marriage to "Valldimar Konongr sun Iarozlæifs konongs i Holm garde" (which appears to skip a generation in the generally accepted f amily reconstruction of the Rurikid dynasty). More details are provide d by Morkinskinna, which records that the mother of “Haraldr Valdima rsson”, father of Malmfrid who married Sigurd King of Norway, was |