14 October 1066 (aged about 44) near Senlac Hill, Sussex, England
Burial
Waltham Abbey, Essex, or Bosham, Sussex (disputed)
Spouses
Edith the Fair
Edith of Mercia
Issue
Godwin
Edmund
Magnus
Gunhild
Gytha
Harold
Ulf
House
Godwin
Father
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Mother
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066[1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. It was 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. He became a powerful earl after the death of his father, Godwin, Earl of Wessex. After his brother-in-law, King Edward the Confessor, died without an heir on 5 January 1066, the Witenagemot convened and chose Harold to succeed him; he was probably the first English monarch to be crowned in Westminster Abbey. In late September, he successfully repelled an invasion by rival claimant Harald Hardrada of Norway in York before marching his army back south to meet William at Hastings two weeks later.
HaroldGodwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066...
Tostig Godwinson (c. 1029 – 25 September 1066) was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King HaroldGodwinson. After being exiled by his...
leading an army of Normans to victory over the Anglo-Saxon forces of HaroldGodwinson at the Battle of Hastings, and suppressed subsequent English revolts...
Northumbria, Tostig Godwinson, brother of the newly chosen (but reigning not for long) English king HaroldGodwinson (also known as Harold of Wessex), pledged...
the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King HaroldGodwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately...
Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law HaroldGodwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September...
Godwinson (Old English: Gyrð Godƿinson; c. 1032 – 14 October 1066) was the fourth son of Earl Godwin, and thus a younger brother of HaroldGodwinson....
that the chances of establishing the identity of the body as that of HaroldGodwinson were too slim to justify disturbing a burial place. The Domesday Book...
of roles, both military and administrative, and they fought under HaroldGodwinson at the Battle of Hastings. Housecarl is a calque of the original Old...
army under King HaroldGodwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson. After a bloody...
fifty years before the Norman Conquest. Its most famous member was HaroldGodwinson, King of England for nine months in 1066. The founder of the family's...
Leofwine Godwinson (c. 1035 – 14 October 1066) was a younger brother of King HaroldGodwinson, the fifth son of Earl Godwin. When the Godwin family was...
(Latin: Harold, who was king of the English People). Harold Harefoot is the most likely father as the only other king Harold was HaroldGodwinson, who would...
Harald Hardrada of Norway, who had allied with Tostig Godwinson, the exiled brother of HaroldGodwinson. Hardrada was defeated at the Battle of Stamford Bridge...
When Edward died in 1066, he was succeeded by his wife's brother HaroldGodwinson, who was defeated and killed in the same year at the Battle of Hastings...
One of several Daughters of King HaroldGodwinson Gunhild of Wessex One of several Daughters of King HaroldGodwinson King William I the Conqueror c. 1028–1087...
Hastings): Harold II (HaroldGodwinson), king of England Leofwine Godwinson, brother of Harold II Gyrth Godwinson, brother of Harold II Taillefer, Norman...
threat to his throne from an ambitious Norman, William. James Norton as HaroldGodwinson Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror Clémence Poésy as Matilda...
Edwin and Morcar, Godwinson increased his strength in the north. These men were, in fact, the first barrier between HaroldGodwinson and Harald Hardrada...
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