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Montague-Smith traces the line through Harold's daughter Gytha, who after the fateful day at Senlac Hill wandered to Denmark, where she met and married Volodymyr Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev. The line then meanders through many monarchies-Hungarian, Aragonese, French-and finally back to Britain at the time of Edward II, whose brutal murder in 1327 provided a gory conclusion to Christopher Marlowe's biographical play. To Britons of Saxon descent who may still harbor resentment over the Norman Conquest, the fact that their Queen shares brave Harold Godwinson's blood can only come...
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