Earl Wessex is in Earldoms of England Alphabetically, Earldoms of England Chronologically, Extinct Earldoms of England.
Summary
1020. Godwin 1st Earl Kent and Wessex [aged 19] created.
15th April 1053. Son King Harold II of England [aged 31] succeeded.
14th October 1066. King Harold II of England extinct. See 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings.
Before 1020 Godwin 1st Earl Kent and Wessex [aged 18] was created 1st Earl Wessex.
Before 1021 Godwin 1st Earl Kent and Wessex [aged 19] and Gytha Countess Kent and Wessex were married. She by marriage Countess Kent, Countess Wessex.
On 15th April 1053 Godwin 1st Earl Kent and Wessex [aged 52] died. His succeeded son Leofwine [aged 18] succeeded 2nd Earl Kent. His succeeded son Harold Godinson [aged 31] succeeded 2nd Earl Wessex.
On 14th October 1066 the Norman army led by King William "Conqueror" I of England [aged 38] defeated the English army of King Harold II of England [aged 44] at the 14th October 1066 Battle of Hastings fought at Senlac Hill Hastings. Aimery Thouars [aged 42], Ralph de Gael 2nd Earl East Anglia [aged 24], Eustace II Count Boulogne [aged 51], William Fitzosbern 1st Earl Hereford [aged 46], Geoffrey Chateaudun II Count Mortain III Count Perche, William Warenne 1st Earl of Surrey, Raoul Tosny, Robert Beaumont 1st Earl of Leicester Count Meulan [aged 26], Hugh Grandesmil [aged 34], Roger "The Great" Montgomery 1st Earl of Shrewsbury (possibly), Robert Mortain Count Mortain 1st Earl Cornwall [aged 35] and Bishop Odo of Bayeux fought for William.
King Harold II of England was killed. Earl Wessex, Earl Hereford extinct.
Leofwine Godwinson 2nd Earl Kent [aged 31] was killed. Earl Kent extinct.
His brothers Gyrth Godwinson Earl East Anglia [aged 34] and Engenulphe Aigle [aged 56] were killed.