of Wessex Tostig

Abt 1026 - 1066  (40 years)

• Name	Tostig
  Title	of Wessex
  Birth	Abt 1026
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Sep 1066	Battle of Stamford Bridge, Northumberland, England
  Burial	Yorkminster, England
  Person ID	I40636	Bob Juch's Tree
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

  Father	Godwin,   b. Abt 987, of Wessex, England d. 15 Apr 1053, Winchester Castle, Hampshire, England (Age 66 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Gytha Thorgilsdottir,   b. Abt 1001, Halland, Sweden d. Aft Jun 1069, Flanders (Age > 68 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1019/20
  Family ID	F14933	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	of Flanders Judith
  Family ID	F14948	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	31 Dec 2022

  
  

• Notes

  He was created Earl of Northumbria in c. 1055. In that year, or later, he was also created Earl of Northampton and Nottingham. He was deprived of his earldoms on 3rd October, 1065. He was killed on the 25th of September, 1066, at the Battle of Stamford bridge in Northumberland, fighting his brother Harold II in alliance with Harold Hardraada, King of Norway.