1066, the childless monarch had no direct heir to pass his title to. The king’s counsel, known then as the witenagemot, hastily selected Edward’s brother-in-law Harold Godwinson to succeed to the ...
King Harold II, one of the subjects of the Bayeux Tapestry, was famously killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066.
For centuries, historians speculated about the final residence of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. The famous Bayeux Tapestry ...
Archaeologists have discovered the site of the long-lost palace of England’s last Anglo-Saxon king.
A house in England is most likely the site of a lost residence of Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon King of England.
Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence ... was famously killed in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. His Bosham residence was depicted ...
Harold Godwinson (Harold II) ruled for only nine months in 1066 before he was killed in the ... The Bayeux Tapestry, showing King Harold riding to Bosham, where he attends church and feasts ...
One of King Harold's manors appears twice in the famous Bayeux Tapestry, but only 948 years later have researchers finally identified the building's remains.
It was known that King Harold's estate was within the village ... significant — we have found an Anglo-Saxon show-home.' 1066: Between seven and twelve thousand Norman soldiers defeat an English ...
The long-lost palace of King Harold II, who was defeated at the Battle of Hastings, has been located in Sussex, following ...
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.