Ancestry of the Godwins
The Godwins were the family of the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, Harold II. The family is named after Harold’s father, Earl Godwin, who had risen to a position of wealth and influence in the 1020s under Danish King Cnut the Great. Godwin’s origin is obscure. Historians think that he was probably the son of the outlawed South Saxon thegn Wulfnoth...