swuklink: Harold II of England

Born about 1020, Harold was the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex by his second wife Gytha, sister to King Sweyn Forkbeard of England (1013-1014) and Denmark (986-1014).

Harold was chosen as the last Saxon King of England by the Witan on the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066.

Harold II had to immedaitely deal with two invasions. He defeated the Norwegian King at the Battle of Stamford Bridge but this allowed William, Duke of Normandy to Land at Pevensey and encamp at Hastings.

Harold marched his army to Battle in East Sussex where he was killed at the Battle of Hastings leaving William to take the English Crown.

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1051		Witan banish Earl Godwin and his sons Gyrth, Harold and Tostig who join the exiled Swegen in Flanders
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1051		Edward the Confessor was said to have promised the English crown to Willliam, Duke of Normandy
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1051		Harold Godwinson, heir apparent to the English crown, becomes a captive of William of Normandy
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1052		Banished Godwin of Wessex lands in S England with Harold and Tostig, supported by Kent, Surrey, Sussex and the navy - The Confessor is forced to reinstate the Godwin family estates
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1052		Godwin's fleet recruits men from the Cinque Ports of Hastings, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich, sails up the Thames gaining the support of London and forces Edward the Confessor to send his Norman advisers back to France
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1052		Earl Godwin leads a vicious attack on the Isle of Portland in Dorset
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1053.Apr.14		Death of Earl Godwin of Wessex at Winchester
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1055		Death of Earl Siward - Tostig made Earl of Northumbria, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire
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1063		The Confessor orders Harold and Tostig to invade Wales
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1065.Oct.28		Harold Godwinson meets northern rebels at Oxford yielding to their demands to avoid civil war - his brother Tostig is banished (to Flanders) and Morcar becomes Earl of Northumbira
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1066		Appearance of Halley\'s Comet taken by the Normans as a sign of the fall of Harold II and England to their invasion highly styalised, the comet was later depicted in a Bayeux Tapestry
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1066.Jan.05		Death of Edward the Confessor His legitimate heir was Edgar Atheling but it is claimed he nominated Harold Godwinson as his successor on his death bed
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1066.Jan.06		Harold Godwinson elected king by the Witan as Harold II

1066.Sep.25		Harold II defeated and killed his brother Tostig and the Norwegian King, Harold Hardrada, at Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire Harold Hardrada was succeeded by his sons Magnus II and Olaf III
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1066.Oct.14		THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND: The Battle of Hastings or Senlac - Harold II slain and the English defeated by William, Duke of Normandy
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1066.Oct.14		Harold II slain and the English defeated at the Battle of Hastings or Senlac by William, Duke of Normandy
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1069		Brian de Bretagne, Norman Earl of Cornwall, leads an army against the sons of the defeated Saxon King Harold II
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