Leofwine son of Godwin

Also known as: Leofwin / Leofwin his brother / Leofwine · Family: English · Role: brother of Harold · First appears: A.D. 1052 · part 2

Life events

1052 · Harold and Leofwine departed for Ireland by ship.(A.D. 1052 · part 2 · 📍 Bristol)
- With: Harold son of Godwin
- “And Harold, the earl, and Leofwine, went to Bristol in the ship which Sweyn, the earl, had before got ready for himself, and provisioned.”
1066 · William defeated Harold; Harold, Leofwin, and Girth were slain.(A.D. 1066 · part 1 · 📍 the estuary of Appledore)
- With: Harold son of Godwin William of Normandy Girth
- “There was slain King Harold, and Leofwin his brother, and Earl Girth his brother, with many good men: and the Frenchmen gained the field of battle,”
1066 · Harold fell fighting William, and his brothers Girth and Leofwin fell with him.(A.D. 1066 · part 2 · 📍 Hastings)
- With: Harold son of Godwin William of Normandy Girth
- “and Harold came from the north, and fought against him before all his army had come up: and there he fell, and his two brothers, Girth and Leofwin; and William subdued this land.”

parent: Earl Godwin “And Harold, the earl, and Leofwine, went to Bristol in the ship which Sweyn, the earl, had before got ready for himself, and provisioned.”

siblings with Harold son of Godwin “There was slain King Harold, and Leofwin his brother, and Earl Girth his brother, with many good men”
siblings with Girth “There was slain King Harold, and Leofwin his brother, and Earl Girth his brother, with many good men”

siblings with Harold son of Godwin “and there he fell, and his two brothers, Girth and Leofwin;”

Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.