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Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson
Harold depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry
Issue
NameHarold Godwinson
King of England
Reign5 January � 14 October 1066
Coronation6 January 1066
PredecessorEdward the Confessor
SuccessorEdgar II (uncrowned)
(otherwise) William I
SpouseEdith Swanneck
Edith of Mercia
Godwin
Edmund
Magnus
Gunhild
Gytha
Harold
Ulf
Full nameHarold Godwinson
HouseHouse of Godwin
FatherGodwin, Earl of Wessex
MotherGytha Thorkelsdóttir
Place of burialWaltham Abbey, Essex, or Bosham (disputed)

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Harold Godwinson (or Harold II) ( ) (c. 1022 � 14 October 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October of that same year, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. Harold is one of only three Kings of England to have died in warfare; the other two were Richard I and Richard III.


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