Leofwine Godwinson (1038-14 October 1066) was the Earl of Kent and the brother of Harold Godwinson.
Biography[]
Leofwine Godwinson was born in 1038, the son of Godwin, Earl of Wessex and the brother of Harold Godwinson and Gyrth Godwinson. The family was exiled in Ireland from 1051 to 1052, and, on Godwin's death in 1053, Leofwine became Earl of Kent, Essex, Middlesex, Hertfordshire, Surrey, and Buckinghamshire. He and his brothers were killed in battle with William the Conqueror's invading Normans at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
Gallery[]
A portrait of Leofwine