On a state visit, France’s president announced the loan of the tapestry embroidered with scenes of the 1066 Norman invasion.

King Harold II was coronated on January 6, 1066, the first English king to hold their coronation in Westminster Abbey. However, King Harold II would ultimately reign for less than a year.

King Harold, as portrayed in the Bayeux Tapestry (Wikimedia Commons) Although Harold is famous for being England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, he only reigned for just over nine months.

If Harold’s aim of strengthening England was wise, his means were hard to digest. For the true cause for 1066 – and the end of the Anglo-Saxon era – was a searing sibling rivalry.

Harold’s defeat at Hastings marked the end of the Anglo-Saxon dynasty. On Christmas day 1066 William was crowned king of England and the land became ruled by Normans.

The Bayeux Tapestry famously depicts the events leading up to the 1066 Norman Conquest of England, in which William the Conqueror defeated Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the ...

Newcastle University recently announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, England, all thanks to an 11th century toilet.

The Bayeux Tapestry is returning to the UK more than 900 years after its creation, the Department for Culture, Media and ...

Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, seen in a tapestry, thanks to an 11th-century toilet.

The lost residence of King Harold, depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, has been found, thanks partly to the previous discovery of a latrine.

King Harold II was coronated on January 6, 1066, the first English king to hold their coronation in Westminster Abbey. However, King Harold II would ultimately reign for less than a year.