Harold Godwinson

Harold Godwinson was the Earl of East Anglia and Wessex and the fifteenth king of England. One fateful day in October 1066, he fought Duke William of Normandy in a brutal fray near the seaside city of Hastings, and was ultimately killed, losing his kingdom afterwards, soon after, the man who defeated him, William the Conqueror, became king.

Biography

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Appearances

 * The War that Changed the English Language - Mini-Wars 3

Trivia

 * He was the last king of England to have the country's capital based in Winchester. After William the Conqueror seized the throne from Harold, William moved the English capital to its permanent location in London, even though he actually lived in Rouen in his native country of Normandy. His son William II, would be the first king of England to actually live in London.