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Battle of Hastings: Harold Godwinson

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Battle of Hastings: Harold Godwinson

d. 1066

Battle between English and Normans in 1066

High Medieval

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Death

1066 October 14, 1066 →

Biography

The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.

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1066
Death

Battle of Hastings: Harold Godwinson, English king (born 1022) Leofwine Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold Gyrth Godwinson, English nobleman and brother of Harold

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