odwin (c. 990-1052), Earl of the West Saxons, was the father of the last English king of native stock, Harold. Under the rule of Canute he became an earl (1016). In 1042 he took the foremost part in raising Edward to the English throne, and was rewarded by the marriage of his beautiful daughter Edith to the English king. His son Harold was for a few months Edward’s successor on the throne. Consult Green’s Conquest of England. [World Wide Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1935]

Also have birth as 1001. [Our Family Museum]
Also have death as 1053. [Our Family Museum]

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