Harold's mother, Gytha, left England with other prominent nobles. I seemed to recall her going to Flanders, Wikipedia (that credible source) suggests somewhere

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 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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011jvlt The Domesday Book: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040llvb http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b040llvb