Tostig


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Tostig

(ˈtɒstɪɡ)
n
(Biography) died 1066, earl of Northumbria (1055–65), brother of King Harold II. He joined the Norwegian forces that invaded England in 1066 and died at Stamford Bridge
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King Harold was pitted against his brother Tostig, who was aided by his Viking sidekick Harald Hardrada.
The marriage of Judith of Flanders ('Countess' Judith) in 1051 to Tostig Godwinson consolidated an alliance between the most powerful family in England and her father, Baldwin IV.
Uno de los hermanos, Harold, ocupa el trono de Inglaterra y el otro, el conde Tostig, que ha debido exiliarse, se lo disputa.
15a) 1063 Her for Harold eorl & his brodor Tostig eorl aegder ge mid land fyrde ge wid scip here into Brytlande.
He had to kill his treasonous brother, Tostig, but otherwise things are looking good for the newly crowned king.
(60) Among the numerous travelers to Rome (and directly to Vercelli for the Pope's synod in 1047) throughout the eleventh century, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle explicitly notes only one woman: Judith of Flanders, who is identified only as "Earl Tostig's wife" in the entry for 1061.
HAROLD II and TOSTIG: The English king defeated Tostig's army at Stamford Bridge in 1066.
As Frank Barlow says of the Godwins, `they are all flawed heroes and heroines in a northern saga', and he has an epic tale to tell of a family that rose rapidly in royal service until a daughter (Edith) became queen of England and one of her brothers (Harold) was crowned king, only to see it all fall apart after Harold fell out with his brother Tostig. Feud within the family circle was the most dreaded form in the early Middle Ages, and that of Harold and Tostig not only ruined their own family but also those of many other noble Anglo-Saxons for it contributed to the victory of William of Normandy at Hastings in 1066.
The King's bruvver Tostig was in a huff and teamed up with Viking Harald Hardrana to try to steal the crown for himself.
Sir, - With reference to the letter by Mr Hurley (Post, Jul 21), his suggestion that the attacks on England by Tostig and William were co-ordinated is most likely correct.