Gytha of Wessex

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Gytha of Wessex was an English princess of the House of Godwin who became a Kievan Rus' grand princess through her marriage to Grand Prince Vladimir II Monomakh.

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Gytha of Wessex canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English princess
Kievan Rus' royal consort
member of royalty
noblewoman
princess
afterEvent emigrated to Kievan Rus'
associatedEvent Battle of Hastings
associatedWith Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus

Kingdom of England
child Agafia Vladimirovna of Kiev
linked to: Agafia of Kiev

Euphemia Vladimirovna of Kiev
linked to: Euphemia of Kiev

Marina Vladimirovna of Kiev
Mstislav I of Kiev
Roman Vladimirovich of Volhynia
Viacheslav I of Kiev
Yaropolk II of Kiev
Yuri Dolgorukiy
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England
ethnicGroup English
father Harold Godwinson
floruit 11th century
12th century
givenName Gytha
linked to: Glynis
historicalRegion Wessex
linked to: Kingdom of Wessex
house House of Godwin
languageSpoken Old East Slavic
Old English
marriageLocation Kievan Rus'
linked to: Kyivan Rus
memberOf House of Godwin
mother Edith Swanneck NERFINISHED
nobleFamily House of Godwin
notableFamilyConnection ancestor of several Kievan Rus' ruling dynasties
daughter of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England
notableFor linking Anglo-Saxon royal line with Kievan Rus' rulers
paternalGrandfather Godwin, Earl of Wessex
paternalGrandmother Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
positionHeld Grand Princess of Kiev
relative Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
religion Christianity
Eastern Christianity
significantEvent Norman Conquest of England
spouse Grand Prince of Kiev
Vladimir II Monomakh
spouseDynasty Rurik dynasty
spouseTitle Grand Prince of Kiev
title Grand Princess of Kiev
Princess of England

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Vladimir II Monomakh spouse Gytha of Wessex
Yuri Dolgorukiy mother Gytha of Wessex
Edith Swannesha child Gytha of Wessex
Mstislav I of Kiev mother Gytha of Wessex
Euphemia of Kiev mother Gytha of Wessex