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Re:What would have happened if the Normans had lost the Batt... by phillc73 on Sunday October 23, 2016 @03:26PM (#12775006)
Harold's mother, Gytha, left England with other prominent nobles. I seemed to recall her going to Flanders, Wikipedia (that credible source) suggests somewhere in Scandinavia instead.[1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gytha_Thorkelsd%C3%B3ttir

Edit: Worth listening to are these BBC 4 In Our Time Podcasts.

The Battle of Stamford Bridge: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011jvlt

The Domesday Book: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040llvb

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