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Godwin, Earl of Wessex

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Earl Godwin Sales Biography

 

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Queen Emma & Earl Godwin by Stephen Grant

 

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Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 Episode 3 | Prince Edmund vs Earl Godwin

 

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Earl Godwin & Prince Edmund - I Wasn't Born To Be King (S01 EP02)

 

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Vikings: Valhalla Season 1 Episode 3 | Prince Edmund vs Earl Godwin

Godwin of Wessex was one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.