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I'm not a fan of William but is it just me or is this the most evil family in English history? They basically fit the "perfidious Anglo" memes.
>Wulfnoth Cild, Godwins father
>King gathers 300 ships to fight Danes
>Accused of unknown crimes
>Steals 20 of the Kings ships to escape
>Those ships are for fighting Danes
>Send 80 ships to catch him and his men who are now raiding the south coast of England
>80 ships get caught in storm
>he burns those that made it to shore
>Surviving ships flee to London and Danes are able to land in Kent
>Probably survives as pirate and Dane ally
>Godwin of Wessex, father of Harold Godwinson
>suck up to now Danish King who your father basically helped invade
>Become Earl of Wessex, the land of the former King of England
>Fight for Dane King in Denmark
>Marry Dane girl who is sister of Dane married to new Kings sister
>Dane king (Cnut) dies
>Promise to help rightful Anglo-Saxon king prince Alfred
>lol jokes capture him and blind him, he dies soon after
>Support new Danish King
>He dies
>Support next Dane King
>He dies too
>Anglo-Saxon King is last option left so support him
>new King hates you for the murder of his brother
>manage to marry your daughter to him anyway
>probably forced because she was crowned queen (not normal for England)
>refuse to punush criminals and try to rally support against King
>King is too kind and exiles you instead of blinding you too
>come back a year later with an army and force him to give you back your land
>"May this crust which I hold in my hand pass through my throat and leave me unharmed to show that I was guiltless of treason towards you, and that I was innocent of your brother's death!"
>die
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>Edith of Wessex, daughter of Godwin, sister of Harold
>name is actually Danish (Gytha) but change it when I marry so its more Saxon
>Refuse to sleep with my husband the King so often he becomes known as abstinent/infertile/the confessor
>he even tries to divorce her after exiling her family after throwing her in to a nunnery
>murder northumbrian nobles to have brother appointed earl there
>Tostig -lets not even pretend to be Saxon with our names- Godwinson
>Son of Godwin, brother of Harold
>Become earl of northumbria after a bunch of deaths
>wow they all hate him I wonder why
>murder local nobels to maintain power
>makes it worse
>don't show up to Kings court for meetings
>don't fight raiding scots because hes friends with the scots king
>use Danish mercenaries to enforce law because saxons hate you
>Danes also hate you because you're taxing them too much
>rebels rise up and murder all your supporters
>get exiled
>not even your brother can save you from being this much of a fuck up
>Return to England to attack your own brother once he is King
>Harold Godwinson (Harold also isn't a saxon name its Danish)
>help father invade england after being exiled with him
>throw own brother under Northumbrian bus for support as next King when current one dies
>own so much land in England the King can't act against you
>probably the reason the King doesn't bring his relatives home because you will murder them
>swear oath on sacred relics not to become king
>lol do it anyway (who would even trust them by this point?)
Its now 1066 and William has landed. We know the rest.
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