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Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 [1] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. Harold's death marked the end of Anglo-Saxon rule over England. He was succeeded by William the Conqueror. Harold Godwinson was a member of a prominent Anglo-Saxon family with ties to Cnut the Great.
Tostig Godwinson (c. 1029 – 25 September 1066) [1] was an Anglo-Saxon Earl of Northumbria and brother of King Harold Godwinson. [2] After being exiled by his brother, Tostig supported the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada 's invasion of England, and was killed alongside Hardrada at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066.
Sweyn had one son, Hakon, said to have been a hostage in Normandy until brought back by Harold in 1064, but nothing more is known of him. [2] The exile and eventual death of Sweyn left Harold as the heir apparent of the Godwinson family.
When Edward the Confessor died childless in 1066, he was succeeded by Harold Godwinson. Harold gained a great victory over the Norwegian king Harald Hardrada and his own estranged brother Tostig Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge. Three weeks later, with his defeat and death at the Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon self-rule came to an ...
Upon Edward's death (5 January 1066), he was succeeded by Edith's brother, Harold Godwinson. At the Battle of Stamford Bridge (25 September 1066) and the Battle of Hastings (14 October 1066), Edith lost four of her remaining brothers ( Tostig , Harold, Gyrth and Leofwine ).
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