Godwin of Wessex1018
Created Earl of Wessesx by Canute
England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Created Earl of Wessesx by Canute
Created Earl of Wessex
Created Earl of East Anglia
Created Earl of Wessex, 2nd most powerful person after the King
Leofwine is made Earl of Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Hertford, Surrey and probably Buckinghamshire some time between 1055 and 1057
Created Earl of Huntingdonshire by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
Created Earl of Northamptonshire by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
Created Earl of Northumbria by his brother-in-law Edward the Confessor
Created Earl of Hereford
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