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TOSTIG (d. 1(366)

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TOSTIG (d. 1(366) , See also:earl of See also:Northumbria, was a son, probably the third, of Earl See also:Godwine, and in 1051 married See also:Judith, See also:sister or daughter of See also:Baldwin V., See also:count of See also:Flanders. In the See also:year of his See also:marriage he shared the See also:short See also:exile of his See also:father, returning with him to See also:England in 1052, and became earl of Northumbria after the See also:death of Earl See also:Siward in 1055. He was very intimate with his See also:brother-in-See also:law, See also:Edward the See also:Confessor, and in 1061 he visited See also:Pope See also:Nicholas II. at See also:Rome in the See also:company of See also:Aldred, See also:archbishop of See also:York. By stern and cruel See also:measures Tostig ' See also:Art. 96. Ibid. 192-197. ' See the various histories of See also:Russian law, such as Maceiovski, See also:Lange and Zagoskin, under the heads of puitka or muchenie.introduced a certain amount of See also:order into the See also:wild See also:northern See also:district under his See also:rule; this severity made him exceedingly unpopular, and in 1o65 Northumbria See also:broke into open revolt. Declaring Tostig an outlaw and choosing Morkere in his See also:stead, the rebels marched southwards and were met at See also:Oxford by Earl Harold, who, rather against the will of the See also:king, granted their demands. Tostig sailed to Flanders and thence to See also:Normandy, where he offered his services to See also:Duke See also:William, who was related to his wife and who was preparing for his invasion of England. He then harried the Isle of See also:Wight and the Kentish and See also:Lincolnshire coasts, and, after a stay in See also:Scotland and possibly a visit to See also:Norway, joined another invader, See also:Harald III.

Hardrada, king of Norway, in the See also:

Tyne. Together they sailed up the See also:Humber and at See also:Gate Fulford, near York, defeated Earls Morkere and Edwine and entered York. But Harold, now king, was hurrying to the See also:north. Taking the Norwegians by surprise at See also:Stamford See also:Bridge he destroyed their See also:army on the 25th of See also:September 1o66, and in this See also:battle both Tostig and the king of Norway were slain. Tostig's two sons appear to have taken See also:refuge in Norway, and his widow Judith married See also:Welf, duke of See also:Bavaria. See E. A. See also:Freeman, The See also:Norman See also:Conquest, vols. ii. and iii. (1870-1876).

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