Wulfnoth Godwinson
Wulfnoth Godwinson (* 1035 , † 1094 in Salisbury ) was the son of Earl Godwin Wulfnothson of Wessex and brother of the brief English king Harold Godwinson .
Life
Wulfnoth spent most of his life at the court of William the Bastard , later called "the Conqueror", in Rouen as a political hostage .
Wulfnoth and his nephew Hakon (the son of his brother Sven) were given to King Edward the Confessor by Earl Godwin of Wessex in 1051 in return for his return to England . Godwin had risen against Edward in 1051 and was then exiled. Wulfnoth and Hakon were handed over to the Norman court by Edward shortly afterwards to guarantee their safety and to avoid liberation. Norman sources state that Harold handed his brother and nephew over to the Norman court in order to keep the agreement between Edward and Wilhelm that the Norman duke would succeed and Harold would recognize this.
The scene is hotly debated in research. It should be noted that both Norman and English sources report biased, that is, they each try to support their own ruler. It has therefore not been proven why Wulfnoth and Hakon were hostages at the Norman court, and neither has Harold's trip to Normandy in 1064 . While some researchers assume that Harold wanted to negotiate the release of Wulfnoth there, others see the trip as confirmation of Harold's initial plan to accept Wilhelm as king.
Wulfnoth was released by Wilhelm in 1087 shortly before his death. Wilhelm II. Rufus took Wulfnoth with him to England in the same year and locked him again in hostage. Wulfnoth died in Salisbury in 1094.
swell
- Symeon of Durham : Historia regum Anglorum et Dacorum.
- Eadmer: Eadmer's History of Recent Events in England. Book I – IV, trans. by G. Bosanquet, London 1964.
- Wilhelm von Poitiers: Gesta Guillelmi. The Gesta Guillelmi of William of Poitiers. edit and over. by RHC Davis and Marjorie Chibnall , Oxford 1998.
literature
- Andrew Bridgeford: 1066. The Hidden History of the Bayeux Tapestry , London 2004. ISBN 1841150401
- Frank Barlow: The Godwins. The Rise and Fall of a Noble Dynasty , London 2002. ISBN 0582423813
Web links
- Symeon von Durham , Translator: J. Stevenson: The Historical Works of Simeon of Durham . In: Church Historians of England, volume III, part II . Seeley's. 1855. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Godwinson, Wulfnoth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Son of Earl Godwin Wulfnothson of Wessex and brother of the brief English King Harold Godwinson |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1035 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1094 |
| Place of death | Salisbury |