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Godwins influence

How far did the Godwin's influence Edward the Confessor? Quick-fire questions.

DateEvent
1042 Earl Godwin backed Edward’s claim and provided him with warship.
1043 Swegn made into an earl and Harold also promoted.
1045 Harold is appointed Earl of East Anglia. Edward married Edith Godwin.
1046 Swegn seduces the abbess of Leominster.
1049 Swegn murders his cousin, Earl Beorn and is exiled and land given to Normans.
1050 Swegn returns
1051 Dover Fracas, Swegn declared ‘nithing’ and the Godwin’s exiled. Leofric gains some of Harold’s earldom and Swegn’s earldom is divided.
1052 Summer – Godwins return to England. Earl Godwin and Harold restored.
1053 Earl Godwin dies and Harold is promoted to Earl of Wessex.
1055 Siward dies and replaced as Earl of Northumbria by Tostig Godwinson.
1055(2) Harold leads an army against Gruffydd but unable to defeat him. Gruffydd became King of Wales.
1056 Harold forced to make terms with Gruffydd.
1057 Ralf of Mantes dies and Godwin given his Herefordshire lands. Leofric also dies. Now Leofwine is an earl in the south-east and Gyrth is Earl of East Anglia. Harold now seen as Sub Regulus.
1063 Harold got revenge on Gruffydd with the help of Tostig. Welsh defeated.
1065 Unrest in Northumbria, Morcar elected. Tostig goes into exile.
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