Gunhild of Wessex

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Gunhild of Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon princess of the House of Wessex, a daughter of King Harold Godwinson who later became known for her association with religious life and continental courts after the Norman Conquest.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Gunhild of Wessex canonical 1
Gunhilda of Denmark 1
Gunnhild of Wessex 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglo-Saxon princess ⓘ
member of the House of Wessex ⓘ
noblewoman ⓘ
afterEvent lived in exile on the Continent after the Norman Conquest ⓘ
associatedWith Wilton Abbey ⓘ
court of Flanders ⓘ
linked to: Council of Flanders

court of the Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 1055 ⓘ
dateOfDeath after 1093 ⓘ
educatedAt Wilton Abbey ⓘ
ethnicGroup Anglo-Saxons ⓘ
family House of Wessex ⓘ
father Harold Godwinson ⓘ
Harold II of England ⓘ
linked to: Harold Godwinson
gender female ⓘ
historicalPeriod High Middle Ages ⓘ
historicalRegion Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
knownFor association with continental courts ⓘ
religious life after the Norman Conquest ⓘ
languageSpoken Old English ⓘ
mother Edith Swannesha ⓘ
nobleFamily House of Godwin ⓘ
notableEvent Norman Conquest of England ⓘ
notableFamilyEvent death of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings ⓘ
notableFor being a daughter of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of England ⓘ
positionHeld nun (or oblate) at Wilton Abbey ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
sibling Alfgar Haroldson ⓘ
Eadmund Haroldson ⓘ
Edith Haroldsdottir ⓘ
Godwin Haroldson ⓘ
Gytha of Wessex ⓘ
Harold Haroldson ⓘ
Magnus Haroldson ⓘ
Swein Haroldson ⓘ
linked to: Harold Bluetooth

Ulf Haroldson ⓘ
linked to: Magnus Haroldson

Wulfnoth Haroldson ⓘ
linked to: Wulfnoth Godwinson

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edith of Wessex → sibling → Gunhild of Wessex ⓘ
Harthacnut → sibling → Gunhilda of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Gunhild of Wessex
Edith Swannesha → child → Gunnhild of Wessex ⓘ
linked to: Gunhild of Wessex