See also:

• GODWINE (d. 1o53)

GODWINE (d. 1o53)  , son .of Wulfnoth, See also:

• EARL

earl of the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West-See also:

• SAXONS

Saxons, the leading Englishman in the first See also:

• HALF

half of the rrth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . His See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth and origin are utterly uncertain; but he See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose to See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in Canute's reign and was an earl in Ior8 . He received in See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage Gytba, a connexion of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's, and in 1020 became earl of the West-Saxons . On the See also:

• DEATH

death of Canute in 1035 he joined with See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen Emma in supporting the claim of See also:

• HARDICANUTE [more correctly HARDACNUT] (c. 1019-1042)

Hardicanute, the son of Canute and Emma, to the See also:

• CROWN

crown of his See also:

• FATHER

father, in opposition to See also:

• LEOFRIC (d. 1057)

Leofric and the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern party who supported Harold Harefoot (see HARDICANUTE) . While together they held Wessex for Hardicanute, the 1etheling /Elfred, son of Emma by her former See also:

• HUSBAND

husband "See also:

• ETHELRED

Ethelred II., landed in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England in the See also:

• HOPE, ANTHONY
• HOPE, THOMAS (c. 1770-1831)

hope of winning back his father's crown; but falling into the hands of See also:

• GODWINE (d. 1o53)

Godwine, he and his followers were cruelly done to death . On the death of Hardicanute in 1042 Godwine was foremost in promoting the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of See also:

• EDWARD

Edward (the See also:

• CONFESSOR

Confessor) to the vacant See also:

• THRONE

throne . He was now the first See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man in the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, though his power was still balanced by that of the other See also:

• GREAT

great earls, Leofric. of See also:

• MERCIA

Mercia and See also:

• SIWARD (d. 1055)

Siward of See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland . His sons Sweyn and Harold were promoted to earldoms; and his daughter Eadgyth was married to the king (1045) . His policy was strongly See also:

• NATIONAL

national in opposition to the marked Normanizing tendencies of the king . Between him and Edward's See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign favourites, particularly See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert of Jumieges, there was deadly See also:

• FEUD

feud . The See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of Robert to the archbishopric of Canter-See also:

• BURY
• BURY, JOHN BAGNELL (1861- )

bury in 1o5I marks the decline of Godwine's power; and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of outrages committed by one of the king's foreign favourites led to a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach between the king and the earl, which culminated in the See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile of the latter with all his See also:

• FAMILY

family (see EDWARD THE CONFESSOR) . But next year Godwine returned in See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph; and at a great See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting held outside See also:

• LONDON

London he and his family were restored to all their offices' and possessions, and the See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop and many other See also:

• NORMANS

Normans were banished., In the following year Godwine was smitten with a See also:

• FIT

fit at the . king's table, and died three days later on the 15th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1053 .

Godwine appears to have had seven sons, three of whom—King Harold, Gyrth and Leofwine—were killed at See also:

• HASTINGS
• HASTINGS, FRANCIS
• HASTINGS, FRANK ABNEY (1794-1828)
• HASTINGS, WARREN (1732-1818)

Hastings; two others, Wulfnoth and "Elfgar, are of little importance; another was Earl See also:

• TOSTIG (d. 1(366)

Tostig (q.v.) . The eldest son was Sweyn, or ,Swegen (d . 1052), who was outlawed for seducing Eadgifu '79 See also:

• ABBESS (Lat. abbatissa, fem. form of abbas, abbot)

abbess of See also:

• LEOMINSTER

Leominster . After fighting for the king of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark he returned to England in 1049, when his See also:

• MURDER

murder of his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Beorn compelled him to leave England for the second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . In lose), however, he regained his earldom, and in 1051 he shared his father's exile . To atone for the murder of Beorn, Sweyn went on a See also:

• PILGRIMAGE (Fr. pelerinage, Lat. peregrinatio)

pilgrimage to See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, and on the return See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey he died on the 29th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1052, meeting his death, according to one See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account, at the hands of the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens .