Tostig

Tostig Godwinson
Earl of Northumbria
Reign	1055-1065
Predecessor	Siward
Successor	Morcar
Died	25 September 1066 Battle of Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire, England
Burial	York Minster
Spouse	Judith of Flanders
Issue	Skuli Tostisson Kongsfostre Ketil Tostisson
House	House of Godwin
Father	Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Mother	Gytha

Tostig Godwinson (circa 1026 -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 at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

Tostig was the third son of the Anglo-Saxon nobleman Godwin, Earl of Wessex and Gytha Thorkelsdóttir, the daughter of Danish chieftain Thorgil Sprakling. In 1051, he married Judith of Flanders the only child of Baldwin IV, Count of Flanders by his second wife, Eleanor of Normandy. The Domesday Book recorded twenty-six vills or townships as being held by Earl Tostig forming the Manor of Hougun which now forms part of the county of Cumbria in north-west England.

In September 1051, Godwin and his sons were banished from England by king Edward the Confessor. Godwin, Gytha and Tostig, together with Sweyn and Gyrth, sought refuge with the Count of Flanders. They returned to England the following year with armed forces, gaining support and compelling Edward to restore his earldom. Three years later in 1055, Tostig became the Earl of Northumbria upon the death of Earl Siward.

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