Godwin, Earl of Wessex
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11th-century Anglo-Norse nobleman
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Godwin of Wessex (Old English: ) (990 – 15 April 1053), was one of the most powerful lords in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made him the first Earl of Wessex. Godwin was the father of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, wife of King Edward the Confessor.
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