Harold Godwinson married twice

For the sake of this definition, Harold Godwinson was married twice: first to Edith the Fair, which lasted the longest but had questionable legal standing. When Harold was the Earl of East Anglia in the 1040s, he was in a relationship with Edith Swannesha (Edith the Fair). They got married, but the Church did not approve of it. Although most laypeople in England recognized such marriages, they were referred to as more Danico, or "in the Danish fashion.

And once to Edith of Mercia, the earl of Mercia's daughter. At least five of his children were born from the first relationship, while two more may have been from the second (though there have been arguments either way). "For over twenty years, Harold and Edith were married and had six kids together. Harold wed Edith, the Mercian earl's daughter, in January 1066. He had two sons from her (probably twins).

The majority of Harold's sons vanished from history, but one of his daughters, Gytha of Wessex, had a more fascinating outcome. She married Kievan Rus Grand Prince Vladimir II, who later became an ancestor of early Russian tsars. The current royal dynasty of England carries on the line of Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror through Philippa of Hainaut, the wife of Edward III of England and the grandmother of all those stern dukes who began the Wars of the Roses.