Tostig Godwinson

Tostig Godwinson
Earl of Northumbria
Reign1055–1065
PredecessorSiward
SuccessorMorcar
Bornc. 1029
Died25 September 1066 (aged about 37)
Stamford Bridge, England
Burial
York Minster
SpouseJudith of Flanders
Issue
  • Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre
  • Ketil Tostisson
HouseGodwin
FatherGodwin, Earl of Wessex
MotherGytha

Tostig Godwinson (c. 1029 – 25 September 1066)[1] was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson.[2] After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was killed alongside Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.

  1. ^ "Tostig, earl of Northumbria". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/27571. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Tostig Godwinson". englishmonarchs.co. Retrieved 30 March 2016.