On the 6th January 1066, Harold Godwinson was crowned king of England.
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A succession crisis was sparked following the death of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.
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.
On the 20th September 1066, Harald Hardrada – the Viking king – defeated his northern English enemies at the Battle of Fulford.
William, duke of Normandy, landed in England to begin the Norman Conquest.
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