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Tag: Edward the Confessor

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6th January 1066: Harold Godwinson crowned king of England

6th January 2018
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry, Edward the Confessor, England, Harold I, Monarchy, Normandy, Politics, Westminster Abbey, William of Normandy

On the 6^th January 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England.

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5th January 1066: Death of Edward the Confessor sparks a succession crisis

5th January 2018
Tagged as: Anglo-Saxon, Bayeux Tapestry, Edward the Confessor, Harold I, Medieval, Normandy, Tostig, William of Normandy

A succession crisis was sparked following the death of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

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