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1066. January 5 – Edward the Confessor, king of England [171] February 3 – Rostislav of Tmutarakan, Kievan Rus' prince (b. 1038) February 12 – Everard I of Breteuil, French nobleman; March 26 – Ibn Sidah, Moorish linguist and lexicographer (b. 1007) April 9 – Al-Bayhaqi, Persian Sunni hadith scholar (b. 994)
Edward died in January 1066 and was succeeded by his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford on 20 September, but Godwinson's army defeated and killed Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge on 25 September.
1066. 5 January – King Edward the Confessor dies. [2] 6 January Edward the Confessor buried in Westminster Abbey. Harold Godwinson chosen by the Witenagemot to be king over Edward's nephew, Edgar Ætheling, who is aged only around 15. [2] Harold is crowned this day, probably in Westminster Abbey.
Government in Anglo-Saxon England covers English government during the Anglo-Saxon period from the 5th century until the Norman Conquest in 1066. See Government in medieval England for developments after 1066. Until the 9th century, England was divided into multiple Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Each kingdom had its own laws and customs, but all shared ...
In the history of England, the High Middle Ages spanned the period from the Norman Conquest in 1066 to the death of King John, considered by some historians to be the last Angevin king of England, in 1216. A disputed succession and victory at the Battle of Hastings led to the conquest of England by William of Normandy in 1066.
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Harold would have been celebrating his victory at Stamford Bridge on the night of 26/27 September 1066, while William of Normandy's invasion fleet set sail for England on the morning of 27 September 1066. [160] Harold marched his army back down to the south coast, where he met William's army, at a place now called Battle just outside Hastings ...
William, Duke of Normandy, invaded England in support of his claim to the English throne at the end of September 1066. Having defeated King Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October, William conducted a destructive campaign to subdue the south-east of England, which by early December had forced the surrender of the English nobility, the Witan, and their elected but uncrowned ...