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    • Gyrth Godwinson, Peer of Suck in air Anglia (circa 1032 – 1066, join at say publicly Battle drawing Hastings)
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      Ealdgyth Edith OF MERCIA [7066] 1667

      • Born: 1040, Mercia, England 1667
      • Marriage (1): Gruffydd AP LLEWELYN King of Wales [7065] about 1055 1669
      • Marriage (2): Harold II King of England [7205] in 1064 in York, , Yorkshire, England
      • Died: 5 August 1086, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England at age 46 1667
      • Buried: After 5 August 1086, Spalding, Lincolnshire, England 1667

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      Ealdgyth, was the daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of East Anglia and Earl of Mercia, and his wife Ælfgifu, sister of William Malet, Lord of Eye. She had 3 brothers: oldest brother Burgheard who died in 1061, Edwin, who became Earl of Mercia, and Morcar, who became Earl of Northumbria.

      Ealdgyth's father, Ælfgar, was made Earl of East Anglia in 1051, when Earl Godwin of Wessex and his sons were exiled from England. When the Godwins were allowed to return, Ælfgar was deprived of his lands and in 1055 he was exiled. Ælfgar went to Ireland and then to Wales were his ally King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn agreed to join forces with him against King Edward of England.

      It was about this time (or before) that Ealdgyth married Gruffydd ap Llywelyn, becoming his 2nd wife. It is not known if the marriage was to cement the alliance of Ælfgar and Gruffydd o

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      Edith of Mercia

      This article is about the wife of Harold II. For his unwedded consort, also named Ealdgyth or Edith, see Edith the Fair.

      11th-century Anglo-Saxon noblewoman, Queen of Wales and England

      Ealdgyth (fl. c. 1057–1066), also Aldgyth or Edith in modern English, was a daughter of Ælfgar, Earl of Mercia, the wife of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn (d. 1063), ruler of all Wales, and later the wife and queen consort of Harold Godwinson, king of England in 1066.[1] She was described by William of Jumièges as a considerable beauty.

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      Ealdgyth was the daughter of Ælfgar, who had been earl of East Anglia a number of times in the 1050s and was appointed earl of Mercia in c. 1057, in succession of his father Earl Leofric. Ælfgar's wife Ælfgifu was probably her mother, and Eadwine, the later earl of Mercia, and Morcar, earl of Northumbria, were her brothers.[1]

      In 1055, Ælfgar was exiled on the charge of treason. He went to Ireland to muster troops and formed an alliance with Gruffudd ap Llywelyn, who had been king of Gwynedd (1039–1055) but assumed the sovereignty of all Wales in 1055. Ælfgar and Gruffudd invaded England and plundered Hereford, bringing great humiliation to Earl Ralph, who needed to call in external support to repel the