That same year, as Ealdred was returning to England he met Sweyn, a son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and probably absolved Sweyn for having abducted the abbess of Leominster Abbey in 1046.

Journeying with him was Tostig, another son of Earl Godwin, who was now earl of Northumbria.

His struggles for power against Godwin, Earl of Wessex, the claims of Canute's Scandinavian successors, and the ambitions of the Normans whom Edward introduced to English politics to bolster his own position caused each to vie for control Edward's reign.

The saga of Harold Hardrada narrates his expedition to the East, his brilliant exploits in Constantinople, Syria, and Sicily, his skaldic accomplishments, and his battles in England against Harold Godwinson, the son of Earl Godwin, where he fell at Stamford Bridge in 1066 only a few days before Harold himself fell at the battle of Hastings.

In 1052, Macbeth was involved indirectly in the strife in the Kingdom of England between Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Edward the Confessor when he received a number of Norman exiles from England in his court, perhaps becoming the first king of Scots to introduce feudalism to Scotland.

One story implicates Earl Godwin of Wessex in Alfred's subsequent death, but others blame Harold.

Whatever Edward's wishes, it was likely that any claim by William would be opposed by Godwin, the Earl of Wessex, a member of the most powerful family in England.

In England, Earl Godwin died in 1053 and his sons were increasing in power ; Harold succeeded to his father's earldom and another son, Tostig, became Earl of Northumbria.

* Godwin, Earl of Wessex

* Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex

* Godwin, Earl of Wessex ( d. 1053 )

* Godwin, Earl of Wessex ( d. 1053 )

* Godwin, Earl of Wessex

* Godwin, Earl of Wessex

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* Godwin, Earl of Wessex returns to England from exile.

Harold was a son of Godwin, the powerful Earl of Wessex, and his wife Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, whose supposed brother Ulf Jarl was the son-in-law of Sweyn I and the father of Sweyn II of Denmark.

When Godwin died in 1053, Harold succeeded him as Earl of Wessex ( the southernmost third of England ).

After a violent clash between the people of Dover and the visiting Eustace II, Count of Boulogne, Edward's brother-in-law, Godwin was ordered to punish the people of Dover ( as he and Leofric, Earl of Mercia had done in Worcester, in Leofric's own earldom ).

With the death of Earl Siward ( 1055 ) and later Earl Ælfgar ( 1062 ), the children of Godwin were poised to assume sole control.

Alfred was captured by Godwin, Earl of Wessex who turned him over to Harold Harefoot.

The 12th century Quadripartitus, in an account regarded as convincing by historian John Maddicott, states that he was recalled by the intervention of Bishop Ælfwine of Winchester and Earl Godwin.

Within a few years, however, he had created an earldom of Wessex, encompassing all of England south of the Thames, for his English henchman Godwin.

Godwin and Gytha had several children, notably sons Sweyn, Harold, Tostig, Gyrth and Leofwine and a daughter, Edith of Wessex ( 1029 – 1075 ), who became Queen consort of Edward the Confessor.

Godwin of Wessex () ( died 15 April 1053 ) was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors.

Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.

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`` Fanny and Mrs. Godwin will probably be glad to hear that Mary has safely recovered from a very favorable confinement, and that her child is well ''.

Godwin's law ( also known as Godwin's Rule of Nazi Analogies or Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies ) is an argument made by Mike Godwin in 1990 that has become an Internet adage.

Godwin took individualism to the radical extent of opposing individuals performing together in orchestras, writing in Political Justice that " everything understood by the term co-operation is in some sense an evil.

Godwin supported individual ownership of property, defining it as " the empire to which every man is entitled over the produce of his own industry.

" Woodcock finds that " The most ambitious contribution to literary anarchism during the 1890s was undoubtedly Oscar Wilde The Soul of Man under Socialism " and finds that it is influenced mainly by the thought of William Godwin.

He says the first is the type associated with William Godwin that advocates self-government with a " progressive rationalism that included benevolence to others.

William GodwinAnother often mentioned name is that of English enlightenment thinker William Godwin.

Another goal of studying victim facilitation, as stated by Maurice Godwin, is to aid in investigations.

Godwin is reported to have either captured Alfred himself or to have deceived him by pretending to be his ally and then surrendering him to the forces of Harold Harefoot.

Godwin is also the lead character of Justin Hill's novel, Shieldwall ( 2011 ).

Unstated in both is that the marriage of Edward to Edith of Wessex would also support his claim by earning him both the political support of her father Godwin, and an additional connection to Cnut.

* The character of Robert Godwin in Susan Howatch's historical novel The Wheel of Fortune is based on Edward.

Joan is also a principal character in The Wheel of Fortune by Susan Howatch, a novel that takes the characters of the Plantagenet family and recreates them in a modern dimension of the Godwin family of Oxmoon ( the throne ), where she appears as Ginevra ( Ginette ).

Godwin is a town in Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States.

Godwin is located at.

He is the protagonist of the outdoor drama, " Strike at the Wind " ( portrayed by Harvey Godwin, Jr .).

The Mayor of Warr Acres is Pat Woolley and the city council is composed of David Dirkschneider, Jan Blake, Roger Godwin, Bill McClure, Dr. Stewart Shapiro, Blayne Allsup, Cathy Maxey and Doug Davis.

The Terhune House is an historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places, located at 161 Godwin Avenue, that was initially constructed in 1737.

At 265 pages, it is a relatively brief history of the anarchist movement, covering its philosophical beginnings in Europe with William Godwin and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the further development by the Russians Peter Kropotkin and Mikhail Bakunin and its influence on the working class movements of the 19th and 20th centuries mainly in Europe and Russia, but also in the United States.

Macbeth ( Mac Bethad mac Findláich ) is recorded as his dux, literally duke, but in the context — " dukes of Francia " had half a century before replaced the Carolingian kings of the Franks and in England the over-mighty Godwin of Wessex was called a dux — this suggests that Macbeth was the power behind the throne.

The entire history of the various missions which Robert is alleged to have made is confused, and complicated by propaganda claims made by Norman chroniclers after the Norman Conquest in 1066, leaving it unclear if Robert visited Normandy on his way to receive his pallium or after Godwin was in exile, or if he went twice or not at all.

This is the house of Lavinia Godwin ( Joanne Linville ), whose husband has gone off to fight in the war.