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In 1066, several rival claimants to the English throne emerged. Among them were Harold Godwinson (recognised as king by the Witenagemot after the death of Edward the Confessor ), Harald Hardrada (King of Norway who claimed to be the rightful heir of Harthacnut) and Duke William II of Normandy (vassal to the King of France, and first cousin once ...
For centuries, English official public documents have been dated according to the regnal years of the ruling monarch.Traditionally, parliamentary statutes are referenced by regnal year, e.g. the Occasional Conformity Act 1711 is officially referenced as "10 Ann. c. 6" (read as "the sixth chapter of the statute of the parliamentary session that sat in the 10th year of the reign of Queen Anne").
Queen Anne became monarch of the Kingdom of Great Britain after the political union of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland on 1 May 1707. She had ruled England, Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland since 8 March 1702. She continued as queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Her total reign lasted 12 years and 147 days.
Reign: June 8, 1042 - Jan. 5, 1066 (23 years, 212 days) ... No monarch ruled England from 1649-1660, during a period known at the "Interregnum." From 1649-1653, Parliament was in charge. Then ...
This is a timeline of English history, ... (r. 1066-1066), ... which required the English monarch to be Protestant, was passed. 1702:
1066 Death of Edward the Confessor in January, Harold II accedes to the English throne. Norman invasion and conquest of England, Harold II is killed and William the Conqueror becomes King of England; 1078 Work commenced on Tintern Abbey; 1086 Work commences on the Domesday Book; 1087 Death of William the Conqueror
c. 1022 –1066 King of the English r. 1066: Harthacnut c. 1018 –1042 King of England r. 1040–1042: Harold I Harefoot c. 1015 –1040 King of England r. 1037–1040: Lulach the fool before 1033–1058 King of Alba r. 1057–1058: House of Normandy: William I the Conqueror c. 1028 –1087 King of England r. 1066–1087: Saint Margaret of ...
c. 1022 –1066 King of the English r. 1066: Edith of Wessex c. 1025 –1075 Queen of the English: King Edward II the Confessor 1003/1005–1066 King of the English r. 1042–1066 Son of Æthelred the Unready: Alfred Aetheling d. 1036 Son of the king Æthelred the Unready: Godgifu 1004–c. 1047 Daughter of King Æthelred the Unready Robert I ...