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See also:GODWINE (d. 1o53) , son .of Wulfnoth, See also:earl of the See also:West-See also:Saxons, the leading Englishman in the first See also:half of the rrth See also:century. His See also:birth and origin are utterly uncertain; but he See also:rose to See also:power See also:early in Canute's reign and was an earl in Ior8. He received in See also: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 of Canute in 1035 he joined with See also:Queen Emma in supporting the claim of See also:Hardicanute, the son of Canute and Emma, to the See also:crown of his See also:father, in opposition to See also:Leofric and the See also: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 "See also:Ethelred II., landed in See also:England in the See also:hope of winning back his father's crown; but falling into the hands of 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 of See also:Edward (the See also:Confessor) to the vacant See also:throne. He was now the first See also:man in the See also:kingdom, though his power was still balanced by that of the other See also:great earls, Leofric. of See also:Mercia and See also:Siward of See also: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 in opposition to the marked Normanizing tendencies of the king. Between him and Edward's See also:foreign favourites, particularly See also:Robert of Jumieges, there was deadly See also:feud. The See also:appointment of Robert to the archbishopric of Canter-See also:bury in 1o5I marks the decline of Godwine's power; and in the same See also:year a See also:series of outrages committed by one of the king's foreign favourites led to a See also: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 (see EDWARD THE CONFESSOR). But next year Godwine returned in See also: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 he and his family were restored to all their offices' and possessions, and the See also:archbishop and many other See also:Normans were banished., In the following year Godwine was smitten with a See also:fit at the . king's table, and died three days later on the 15th of See also:April 1053.
Godwine appears to have had seven sons, three of whom—King Harold, Gyrth and Leofwine—were killed at See also:Hastings; two others, Wulfnoth and "Elfgar, are of little importance; another was Earl See also:Tostig (q.v.). The eldest son was Sweyn, or ,Swegen (d. 1052), who was outlawed for seducing Eadgifu
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See also:abbess of See also:Leominster. After fighting for the king of See also:Denmark he returned to England in 1049, when his See also:murder of his See also: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 to See also:Jerusalem, and on the return See also:journey he died on the 29th of See also:September 1052, meeting his death, according to one See also:account, at the hands of the See also:Saracens.
End of Article: GODWINE (d. 1o53)
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