Harold II One-Eye
Harold II of Ængland (c. 1022 - October 14 1073; born Harold Godwinson; a.k.a. Harold One-Eye) was King of the Ænglisc from 1066 until his death, succeeding Edward III the Confessor and becoming the first king of the Godwin dynasty. Previously the Earl of Wessex, he was one of five claimants to the throne when Edward III passed away on January 5, 1066, and is said to have been nominated for the kingship during a brief moment of lucidity on his deathbed, but Edward III had already promised the throne to his first cousin, once removed, Duke William II of Normandy. This, and the claims of others through either familial connection to Edward III or Cnut the Great, led to the Invasions of 1066, the first serious trial against Harold II's rule.
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Before 1066
Legitimacy of the Kingship
The End of the Viking Age
The Norman Invasion
The Decimation of Prydein
The Return of the Normans
Death and Legacy