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Godbout – Racicot / LeBeuf – LaHaye
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 Aft 1022 - 1066 (~ 43 years)
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| Name |
Tostig Godwinson of Wessex [1, 2] |
| Born |
Aft 1022 |
England  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Occupation |
1055 |
| A favorite of the King, who made him Earl of "all Northumbria" on the death of Siward the Dane, who left an underage son |
| Occupation |
1061 |
| Left with Aldred, Archbishop of York, to go to Rome for his pallium, and during his absence Malcolm Canmore ravaged his Northumbrian lands |
| Occupation |
3 Oct 1065 |
| Deposed (for his violence and extortion) by his thegns at York, who decided to install Morcar, younger son of Alfgar, Earl of Mercia |
| Military |
May 1066 |
| Failed in an invasion attempt on England and sought refuge in Scotland |
| Military |
25 Sep 1066 |
| Fought against his brother Harold with the invading Harald Hardrada from Norway |
| Occupation |
Earl of Northumbria |
| Died |
25 Sep 1066 |
Battle of Stamford Bridge |
| Person ID |
I9111 |
Godbout |
| Last Modified |
18 Apr 2017 |
| Father |
Godwin of Wessex, b. 1001, Wessex, England , d. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester, Hampshire, England (Age 52 years) |
| Mother |
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, b. 997, Halland, Sweden |
| Married |
1019 |
Halland, Sweden |
| Family ID |
F2252 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S751] Histoire de Normandie, Orderic Vital (traduction par Louis-François du Bois), (J.-L.-J. Brière, 68 rue Saint-André des Arts, Paris, 1825-1827), Volume 2, pp. 114, 116-118, 136-137 & 145.
- [S7] The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, George Edward Cokayne; Vicary Gibbs, H. A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand & Howard de Walden, editors, (Reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), Volume IX, p. 703.
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