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Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 [1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. Harold's death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. He was succeeded by William the Conqueror. Harold Godwinson was a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Cnut the Great.
The 68.3-meter-long (224-foot-long) tapestry depicts William, Duke of Normandy, and his army killing Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the Battle of Hastings.
Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...
The most famous scene within the Bayeux Tapestry is scene fifty-seven, Harold's death. In this scene, the tituli states, "Here Wido seized Harold" [13] which can be translated to "Here King Harold was slain." Harold's death marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon era in England and births the beginning of the French Norman rule. [12]
After Godwin's death in 1053, his sons held the earldoms of Wessex, East Anglia, and later Northumbria; Harold, in particular, became the most powerful man in England, eclipsing the power of the king. When Edward the Confessor died childless in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson.
Edith Recovering Harold's Body after the Battle of Hastings is an 1827 history painting by the French artist Horace Vernet. [1] It depicts the aftermath of the Battle of Hastings in 1066 during the Norman Conquest of England , where the English monarch Harold Godwinson was defeated and killed in the fighting.
The earldom of East Anglia was then assigned to Gyrth, one of Harold's younger brothers, who held it until his death at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Following the Norman Conquest of England , William the Conqueror appointed Ralph the Staller , an aristocrat of Breton ancestry born in Norfolk, to the earldom.
'Terrible mistake' made at death scene, court told Mousumi Bakshi - BBC News, Cambridgeshire and Helen Burchell - BBC News, Cambridgeshire January 17, 2025 at 12:28 PM