Harold II Godwinsson, King of England - Harold II King Of England (1022-1066) Is my 24th G.grandfather

Harols II Godwinsson, King of England is my 23rd great grandfather

Harold II Godwinsson, King of England is my 30th GGF.

My 33rd Gf. Now I know where I've got my long neck from!!!!!!

To all of you quoting your line back to Harold, it is your job to prove every connection between everyone of your ancestors. The most problmatic area is between 1700 and 1350. If your sources isn't primary (or even secondary), you do not not have Harold as your ancestor.

Denise, Bengt-Olof, Katherine and Graciela, I have not checked your lines, that is your job, if you personally haven't checked your line back to Harold, please sever your line where you are unsure.

Nice in theory, Remi, but it's much simpler than you imagine. If someone's connection to Harold runs through many generations of royalty and nobility it might only be necessary to prove a connection to one of his descendants who lived hundreds of years later.

For example, any of several dozen colonial immigrants to America have fully and completely documented lines back to Harold. Prove your connection to one of those immigrants, and the rest has already been done.

Harold II Godwinsson, King of England my 28th great grandfather.

He is my 28th great uncle. Probably grandfather as well, as it was over a thousand years back, merged bloodlines are bound to have occurred.

Harold II Godwinsson, KIng of England is my 26th great grandfather.

Harold Godwinsson's brother Leofwine Godwinsson is my 27th great grandfather :) - making us all distant cousins!
- Jethro.

... Actually, someone has added Marigard de Lathom (née Essex) as his daughter, my alleged ancestress, but she is the daughter of Ralph Essex, and his wife. I'm only on my mobile, could someone sever the connection, once they've done a quick research, and merge her into the correct parentage?

Harold ll Godwinsson, King of England is my 24th Great Grandfather.

Oh, please, give me a break ........

Jethro,

It looks like someone fixed Marigard de Lathom (née Essex). If not, let me know and I'll help you sort it out.

PS. Harold ll Godwinsson, King of England is my 24th Great Grandfather ;)

: ) : ) : )

Marigard of Essex/Wessex :)

Glad you are on the Geni site, and give a longical look at the who scheme of why we are here in the United States

Jethro,

I did a little preliminary investigation before disconnecting Marigard from her parents. I'm not finding anything that tells me what's right. Do you have a good source?

A quick internet search shows that different people variously claim she was daughter of Ranulph (Ralph) of Essex, of Earl Godwin, and of Godwin's son Leofwine.

Charles Cawley at MedLands seems to have nothing.

I found one mention of a Marigard at soc.genealogy.medieval that says Godwin's daughter of that name is unaccounted for.

http://groups.google.com/group/soc.genealogy.medieval/browse_thread...

It might be a good idea to disconnect her from Leofwine if that information can't be supported, but I'm not sure whether we have enough information to firmly connect her to anyone else.

I think you're right, this suggests she is connected to Harold ii's family
http://www.mlssjwfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I34242&am...

I think we should get something a little more authoritative. Something that either cites a source from the time, or explains why in the absence of direct evidence this is probably the correct relationship.

OK, for the time being Harold is my alleged 33rd ggf........

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/b/l/o/Akira-Blount/WEBSI... I found this, :)

thats just some tree someone made, its not a primary source

Okay.. Hmm; does she appear on www.familysearch.org ?

who ever she is shes not harolds daughter. just had a browse and one site says she was the daughter of the duke of essex. how reliable that info is ive got no idea

Ohkay; hmm..
I know this is irrelevant, but could someone make my ancestress a MP?
Keziah Crompton

I'm suspicious. There wouldn't have been a duke (or earl) of Essex at this date.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Essex

As I poke through internet searches the impression I'm getting is that Marigard was daughter of Godwin. There seems to be no evidence about her life, but someone somewhere has suggested that she married Dunning de Lathom.

Harold II King of England is my 24th Great Grandfather.

Harold Godwinsson, King of England is my 26th great grandfather.

Marigard of Essex/Wessex is my first cousin 25 times removed's husband's mother.

Keziah Crompton is my 9th cousin 7 times removed.

Harold Godwinsson, King of England is my 25th Great Grandfather.