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Tostig was the third son of Godwin ( d. 1053 ), Earl of Wessex and Kent, and Gytha, daughter of Thorgils Sprakaleg.
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Journeying with him was Tostig, another son of Earl Godwin, who was now earl of Northumbria.
With him was Earl Tostig, who had promised him support.
Although he had given sanctuary to Tostig Godwinson when the Northumbrians drove him out, Malcolm was not directly involved in the ill-fated invasion of England by Harald Hardraade and Tostig in 1066, which ended in defeat and death at the battle of Stamford Bridge.
Tostig went into exile in Flanders, along with his wife Judith, who was the daughter of Count Baldwin IV of Flanders.
But Harold's claim was not entirely secure ; there were other claimants to the English throne, perhaps including his exiled brother Tostig.
When Tostig asked what his brother Harold would be willing to give Harald Hardrada for his trouble, the rider replied that he would be given seven feet of ground as he was taller than other men.
Harald Hardrada was impressed with the rider and asked Tostig his name, Tostig replied that the rider was none other than Harold Godwinson.
Tostig was helped into the earldom of Northumbria, thus controlling the north.
The Mercian earl was sidelined, especially after Harold and Tostig broke the Welsh-Mercian alliance in 1063.
At this point, both Harold's remaining brothers in England were earls in their own right, Harold was himself king and in control of Wessex, and he had married the sister of Earl Edwin of Mercia and Morcar, Earl of Northumbria ( who had succeeded his brother Tostig ).
In 1055 Siward died but his son was considered too young to command Northumbria, and Harold's brother, Tostig was appointed.
He escaped, but when Harold and Tostig attacked again the following year, he retreated and was killed by Welsh enemies.
In October 1065 Harold's brother, Tostig, the earl of Northumbria, was hunting with the king when his thegns in Northumbria rebelled against his rule, which they claimed was oppressive, and killed some 200 of his followers.
On the accession of Harold Godwinson after the death of Edward the Confessor, Hardraada invaded Northumbria with the support of Harold's brother Tostig Godwinson, and was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge three weeks before William I's victory at the Battle of Hastings.
Not long after renouncing his Danish claim, Harald was ( probably ) invited by Tostig Godwinson, brother of the new English king Harold Godwinson, to press his claim to the English throne.
Arriving off the English coast in September he was joined by further forces recruited in Flanders and Scotland by Tostig Godwinson.
Tostig was at odds with his elder brother Harold ( who had been elected king ), having been ousted from his position as Earl of Northumbria and exiled in 1065, and had mounted a series of abortive attacks on England in the spring of 1066.
Completely outflanked, Hardrada at this point was killed with an arrow to his wind pipe and Tostig slain, the Norwegian army disintegrated and was virtually annihilated.
Tostig and third
Baldwin's half-sister had married scheming Earl Godwin's third son, Tostig.
Tostig and son
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.
On the other side of the political divide the dominant figure in England was Earl Godwin, who had recently married his son Tostig to the daughter of Eustace's rival the Count of Flanders.
In late 1063 or early 1064, Tostig had Gamal, son of Orm and Ulf, son of Dolfin, assassinated when they visited him under safe conduct.
These were subsequently taken from the monastery by Earl Godwin for his fourth son, Tostig.
Prior to the Norman Conquest, Bowland was held by Tostig, son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex.
The reference is to Edward the Confessor and Earl Tostig, Edward's brother-in-law, who was the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex and the brother of Harold.
On Godwin's death in 1053, his son Harold succeeded to the earldom of Wessex ; Harold's brothers Gyrth, Leofrine and Tostig were given East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria.
Tostig and 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.
Tostig and d
* Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria ( approximate date ) ( d. 1066 )
Tostig and .
William of Normandy, Harald III of Norway ( aided by Harold Godwin's estranged brother Tostig ) and Sweyn II of Denmark all asserted claims to the throne.
Harold Godwinson defeated and killed Harald III of Norway and Tostig and the Norwegian force at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
In 1065 Northumbria revolted against Tostig, and the rebels chose Morcar, the younger brother of Edwin, Earl of Mercia, as earl in place of Tostig.
Harold, perhaps to secure the support of Edwin and Morcar in his bid for the throne, supported the rebels, and persuaded King Edward to replace Tostig with Morcar.
Harold's brother Tostig made probing attacks along the southern coast of England in May 1066, landing at the Isle of Wight using a fleet supplied by Baldwin of Flanders.
Tostig appears to have received little local support, and further raids into Lincolnshire and near the River Humber met with no more success, so Tostig retreated to Scotland, where he remained for a time.
Harold's brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada invaded Northumbria in September 1066, and defeated the local forces under Morcar and Edwin at the Battle of Fulford near York.
King Harold received word of their invasion and marched north, defeating the invaders and killing Tostig and Hardrada on 25 September at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.
After defeating Harald Hardrada and Tostig, Harold left much of his army in the north, including Morcar and Edwin, and marched the rest south to deal with the threatened Norman invasion.
* 1066: in the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the last Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson defeated his brother Tostig Godwinson and Harold III of Norway.
Due to a doubling of taxation by Tostig in 1065 that threatened to plunge England into civil war, Harold supported Northumbrian rebels against his brother, Tostig, and replaced him with Morcar.
This strengthened his acceptability as Edward's successor, but fatally split his own family, driving Tostig into alliance with King Harald Hardrada (" Hard Ruler ") of Norway.
On the same day Harald Hardrada of Norway, who also claimed the English crown joined Tostig and invaded, landing his fleet at the mouth of the Tyne.
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