Person:Harold Godwinson (1)

Harold II Godwinson , King of England
b.abt 1022 Wessex, England
Facts and Events
Name Harold II Godwinson , King of England
Gender Male
Birth? abt 1022 Wessex, EnglandHouse of Godwin
Marriage  Cohabitation without marriage formalities?  
to Edith Swanneck
Marriage ABT. 1064 Of Wessex, Englandto Ealdgyth , of Mercia
Death[1] 14 Oct 1066 Battle, Sussex, EnglandCombatant of Hastings
Burial? Essex, EnglandWaltham Abbey


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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 the first of only three kings of England to have died in warfare; the other two were Richard I and Richard III.

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References
  1. Harold Godwinson, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
  2.   Harold II Godwinson, King of England, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
  3.   HAROLD Godwinson, son of GODWIN Earl of Wessex & his wife Gytha of Denmark ([1022/25]-killed in battle Hastings 14 Oct 1066, bur [Waltham Abbey]), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.