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This lie allowed her son to be "reborn" as [[Hereward the Wake]], a formidable [[Saxon]] guerrilla warrior. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]'') | This lie allowed her son to be "reborn" as [[Hereward the Wake]], a formidable [[Saxon]] guerrilla warrior. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Real Hereward (short story)|The Real Hereward]]'') | ||
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Revision as of 09:12, 18 July 2015
Countess Gytha was the mother of King Harold and the sister of King Cnut of Denmark. She and her daughter-in-law Edith Swan-Neck falsely identified the body of her son on the battlefields of Hastings on 14 October 1066.
This lie allowed her son to be "reborn" as Hereward the Wake, a formidable Saxon guerrilla warrior. (PROSE: The Real Hereward)
