Tostig Godwineson, Earl of Northumbria^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

Abt 1029 - 1066  (~ 36 years)

• Name	Tostig Godwineson
  Suffix	Earl of Northumbria
  Born	Abt 1026/30	Wessex, England
  Gender	Male
  History	1055	Northumbria, England
  	Earldom of Northumbria given after the death of Siward Bjornsson
  History	1065	Flanders, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  	Tostig Godwineson, Earl of Northumbria became widely hated in the North of England, such that the nobles had raised an army and marched to York and then on to Wessex. Edward 'the Confessor' faced pressure to depose Tostig from his Earldom and replace him with a young noble called Morcar of Northumbria. Not even Tostig's brother Harold would come to his defence. Mortified with resentment, Tostig left for exile in Flanders, Brabant, Belgium bearing ill feeling towards his brother and knowing King Edward had recently suffered a number of strokes and still had no heir.
  History	20 Sep 1066	Fulford, York, North Yorkshire, England
  	With his ally Harald 'Hardrada', King of Norway, Tostig defeats earls Morcar of Northumbria and his brother Edwin of Mercia at the Battle of Fulford
  Died	25 Sep 1066	Stamford Bridge, York, North Yorkshire, England
  Buried	St. Peter (York Minster), York, North Yorkshire, England
  Person ID	I1748535120	Red1st
  Last Modified	20 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Godwine, Earl of Wessex,   b. Abt 1001, England ,   d. 14 Apr 1053  (Age ~ 52 years)
  Mother	Gytha Thorkilsdottir av Skane,   b. Abt 997, Halland (Kingdom of Denmark to 1645), Sweden
  Family ID	F672264474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Judith van Vlaanderen, Countess of Northumberland,   b. Abt 1037, Flanders, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France ,   d. 1094  (Age ~ 57 years)
  Married	Sep 1051
  Family ID	F672152238	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1026/30 - Wessex, England History - 1055 - Northumbria, England History - 1065 - Flanders, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France History - 20 Sep 1066 - Fulford, York, North Yorkshire, England Died - 25 Sep 1066 - Stamford Bridge, York, North Yorkshire, England Buried - - St. Peter (York Minster), York, North Yorkshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S25458533028] Darrin Lythgoe. [S25458533589] Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Ed., Ed: Leslie Stephen et al, (Oxford University Press, 1885 to 1900, c. 50 Vols), Edward the Confessor's article. [S25458533725] Feudal Kingdom of England 1042-1216, Frank Barlow, (Longman, 5th edn, 1999), p. 375. [S25458533684] Tim Powys-Lybbe.