Tostig Godwinson

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Born |  c. 1025
Died |  September 25, 1066
Stamford Bridge

Tostig Godwinson (c. 1025 – 25 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada's invasion of England, and was killed along with Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.