After Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, William became the third person to wear the crown of England that year.
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After Edward the Confessor and Harold Godwinson, William became the third person to wear the crown of England that year.
Harold was killed on the battlefield and, although his exact cause of death isn’t known, it signalled the collapse of the English forces.
William, duke of Normandy, landed in England to begin the Norman Conquest.
On the 25th December 1066, William of Normandy was crowned King of England at Westminster Abbey.
On the 14th October 1066, the Battle of Hastings was fought between Duke William II of Normandy and the Anglo-Saxon king Harold Godwinson.
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