Good point, Alexander. If only Harold had enough children to make himself by 1100 "the Grandfather of Europe," eh?
Queen Edith was pregnant at the time (with Harold and Ulf it turned out historically), and he had six children with his more danico wife Edith Swannesha. Plus his brothers' children. We shall see. I look forward to your England AAR come the spring, my friend.
Thanks very much. As you say, House Godwine was already growing quite large--Harold was poised to be the
pater patriae of a very large new English royal family. Because it's pertinent to the discussion, I'm linking in the House Godwine family tree from my Saxon AAR
Aethellan (still in-progress, to be transferred over to CK2 once it's out). This represents the House of Godwine in 1066, following an Anglo-Saxon victory at Hastings. Please pardon the rather large size of the chart--as you can see from the amount of people involved, the size really couldn't be avoided.
(The only additions I made for story purposes in the AAR were to give a byname to Harold's second wife Edith, and to grant a couple of earldoms to Harold's kinsman Hakon and Wulfnoth, who are only just rescued from being hostages in Normandy. Everything else is based on my prolonged research into this family.)
As you can see, as of 1066, Harold has 5 sons and 2 daughters, 1 nephew in England, 2 in exile abroad, as well as 3 living brothers and 3 living sisters. That's one gigantic clan. When you count that the two other major English earls are now Harold's brothers-in-law, the Godwine dynasty looks to be firmly entrenched in England.
Of course in CK2, the major hurdle standing in the way of this Saxon powerhouse is actually winning against your Viking and Norman enemies. It'll be a challenge, but it's certainly not impossible. There's no reason why a skilled England player can't win a "Hastings" scenario-- IRL it was a hard-fought, very close struggle over the course of 9 hours. All you need is to take advantage of the moment if the battle happens to swing in your favor, and voila! Anglo-Saxon England instead of Norman England.