Gytha Thorkelsdóttir

Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Gytha depicted in modern stained glass
Bornc. 997
Diedc. 1069
SpouseGodwin, Earl of Wessex
Issue
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FatherThorgil Sprakling

Gytha Thorkelsdóttir (c. 997 – c. 1069), also called Githa, was a Danish noblewoman. She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King Edward the Confessor.