Harold Godwinson
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Harold Godwinson, also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive
Harold Godwinson, from the Bayeux Tapestry
HAROLD SACRAMENTUM FECIT VVILLELMO DUCI ("Harold made an oath to Duke William"): the Bayeux Tapestry shows Harold touching two altars at Bayeux as the duke watches.
Coin of King Harold Godwinson
Gyrth and his brother's death at the Battle of Hastings, scene 52 of the Bayeux Tapestry. HIC CECIDERUNT LEVVINE ET GYRÐ FRATRES HAROLDI REGIS (Here have fallen dead Leofwine and Gyrth, brothers of King Harold)
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
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Godwin of Wessex was an Anglo-Saxon nobleman who became one of the most powerful earls in England under the Danish king Cnut the Great and his successors. Cnut made Godwin the first Earl of Wessex. Go
Harold Godwinson
…by William the Conqueror, the victor at Hastings. Harold Godwinson was a member of one of the most powerful noble families in England, his father Godwin having been made Earl of Wessex by King Cnut the Great. Harold, who served previously as Earl of East Anglia, was appointed to his father's earldom on…
England in 1065; Earldoms in Godwin's immediate house are those east of Dehaubarth and Gwent shaded white