Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066...
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Harold (c. 1065 – 1098) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile by the Norman conquest of England, and found refuge at...
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or Godwine (fl. 1066 – 1069) was a son, probably the eldest son, of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile in Dublin, along with two...
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Tostig Godwinson (c. 1029 – 25 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. After being exiled by his...
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Harald Hardrada (redirect from Harold hardraada)
Northumbria, Tostig Godwinson, brother of the newly chosen (but reigning not for long) English king Harold Godwinson (also known as Harold of Wessex), pledged...
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Ulf or Wulf (fl. 1067 – 1087) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was captured during the course of the Norman conquest of England, and...
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Godwinson (Old English: Gyrð Godƿinson; c. 1032 – 14 October 1066) was the fourth son of Earl Godwin, and thus a younger brother of Harold Godwinson....
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William the Conqueror (section Harold's preparations)
leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts...
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swallowed the crust, but it stuck in his throat and killed him. His son Harold (Godwinson) succeeded him as Earl of Wessex, that is, overlord of roughly the...
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was likely spelt) ᚪᛖᛞᛘᚩᚾᛞ or Ædmund (fl. 1068 – 1069) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman...
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Battle of Hastings (category Harold Godwinson)
Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately...
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She was the wife of Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and the mother of King Harold Godwinson and Edith of Wessex, the latter of whom was the queen consort of King...
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Harald Hardrada of Norway, who had allied with Tostig Godwinson, the exiled brother of Harold Godwinson. Hardrada was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge...
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Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September...
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Bosham (section Harold Godwinson)
that the chances of establishing the identity of the body as that of Harold Godwinson were too slim to justify disturbing a burial place. The Domesday Book...
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House of Godwin (section Harold II)
fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was Harold Godwinson, King of England for nine months in 1066. The founder of the family's...
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Magnus (fl. 1068) was a son of Harold Godwinson, King of England. He was, in all likelihood, driven into exile in Dublin by the Norman conquest of England...
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of roles, both military and administrative, and they fought under Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings. Housecarl is a calque of the original Old...
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Battle of Stamford Bridge (category Harold Godwinson)
army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson. After a bloody...
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Harold, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy Harold Harefoot, or Harold I (c. 1015–1040), King of England from 1035 to 1040 Harold Godwinson, or Harold...
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(Latin: Harold, who was king of the English People). Harold Harefoot is the most likely father as the only other king Harold was Harold Godwinson, who would...
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seized Harold and led him to Beaurain and held him there"). Duke William demanded the release of the earl, and Count Guy delivered Harold Godwinson up after...
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Leofwine Godwinson (c. 1035 – 14 October 1066) was a younger brother of King Harold Godwinson, the fifth son of Earl Godwin. When the Godwin family was...
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King and Conqueror (category Cultural depictions of Harold Godwinson)
threat to his throne from an ambitious Norman, William. James Norton as Harold Godwinson Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror Clémence Poésy as Matilda...
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One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson Gunhild of Wessex One of several Daughters of King Harold Godwinson King William I the Conqueror c. 1028–1087...
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When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by his wife's brother Harold Godwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year at the Battle of Hastings...
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Harold Godwinson to succeed Edward, as he was the man best placed to defend the country against foreign claimants to the throne. Following Harold's death...
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Hastings): Harold II (Harold Godwinson), king of England Leofwine Godwinson, brother of Harold II Gyrth Godwinson, brother of Harold II Taillefer, Norman...
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Edwin and Morcar, Godwinson increased his strength in the north. These men were, in fact, the first barrier between Harold Godwinson and Harald Hardrada...
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Great Harold Godwinson Edmund, son of Harold Godwinson Godwin, son of Harold Godwinson Harold, son of Harold Godwinson Magnus, son of Harold Godwinson Ulf...
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