Harold Godwinson
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Harold Godwinson | |||||
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Harold enthroned as Keeng o Ingland, detail frae Bayeux Tapestry | |||||
Keeng o Ingland | |||||
Ring | 5 Januar – 14 October 1066 | ||||
Coronation | 6 Januar 1066 | ||||
Predecessor | Edward the Confessor | ||||
Successor | Edgar II (uncrouned) (itherwise) William I | ||||
Born | c. 1022 Wessex, Ingland | ||||
Dee'd | Battle o Hastings, Sussex | 14 October 1066 (aged 43/44)||||
Buirial | Waltham Abbey, Essex, or Bosham, Sussex (disputit) | ||||
Consort | Edith the Fair Edith (Ealdgyth) o Mercia | ||||
Issue | Godwin Edmund Magnus Gunhild Gytha Harold Ulf | ||||
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Hoose | Hoose o Godwin | ||||
Faither | Godwin, Earl o Wessex | ||||
Mither | Gytha Thorkelsdóttir |
Harold II (or Harold Godwinson; Auld Inglis: Harold Godƿinson; Laitin: Haroldus; c. 1022 – 14 October 1066) wis King o Ingland.
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