Wulfnoth Cild

Wulfnoth Cild (c.983-1015), Thegn of Sussex, was the father of Earl Godwin and the grandfather of King Harold II of England. Wulfnoth was himself a descendant of King Ethelred I of Wessex, through Ethelred's youngest son, Aethelhelm, and by virtue of that a prince of the royal blood, as were his descendants including Harold Godwinson (Harold II).

Most of Wikipedia's text and many of its images are licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License (CC BY-SA)

Return to Main Index