from his feast at Bosham to his death at Hastings. Harold Godwinson’s reign as the last Anglo-Saxon king of England was as brief as it was dramatic. Crowned in January 1066, he faced immediate ...
The brief reign and untimely death of King Harold II is etched into ... hastily selected Edward’s brother-in-law Harold Godwinson to succeed to the throne. King Harold II was coronated on ...
After the death of English King, Edward the Confessor, Harold Godwinson was crowned king on 6 January 1066. He was a powerful earl and member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon dynasty. Image caption ...
Following the death of Edward the Confessor, there were several claimants to the English throne. Harold Godwinson was from Wessex, in England. He was a wealthy nobleman, and it is claimed that ...