Gytha of Wessex | |
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Born | c. 1053/1061 |
Died | 1098 or 1107 |
Spouse | Vladimir II Monomakh |
Issue | Mstislav I of Kiev Izyaslav Vladimirovich Svyatoslav Vladimirovich Yaropolk II of Kiev Viacheslav I of Kiev Yuri Dolgorukiy (possibly) |
House | Godwin (by birth) Rurik (by marriage) |
Father | Harold Godwinson |
Mother | Edith the Fair |
Gytha of Wessex (born c. 1053/1061 – died 1098 or 1107;[1] Old English: Gȳð) was one of several daughters of Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, and his consort, Edith the Fair. Through marriage to Vladimir II Monomakh, Gytha became the princess of Smolensk (1073—1078), the princess of Chernigov (1078—1094), the princess of Pereyaslavl (1094—1098 or 1107).