Career
They had a large family together, of whom five sons became earls at one time or another, three remaining earls in 1066:
Shortly after the Battle of Hastings, Gytha was living in Exeter and may have been the cause of that city"s rebellion against William the Conqueror in 1067, which resulted in his laying siege to the city. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Gytha left England after the Norman conquest, together with the wives or widows and families of other prominent Anglo-Saxons, all the Godwin family estates having been confiscated by William. Her surviving (and youngest) son, Wulfnoth, lived nearly all his life in captivity in Normandy until The Conqueror"s death in 1087.
Sweyn Godwinson, Earl of Herefordshire, (c 1020 - 1052), at some point he declared himself an illegitimate son of Canute the Great but this is considered to be a false claim
Harold II of England, (c 1022 – October 14, 1066)
Edith of Wessex, (c 1025 - December 19, 1075), queen consort of Edward the Confessor
Tostig Godwinson, Earl of Northumbria (c 1026 – September 25, 1066)
Gyrth Godwinson, (c 1030 – October 14, 1066)
Gunhilda of Wessex, a nun (c 1035–1080)
Leofwine Godwinson, Earl of Kent (c 1035 – October 14, 1066)
Ælfgifu of Wessex, (c 1035)
Wulfnoth Godwinson, (c 1040–1094).
