{"slug": "harold-godwinson", "label": "Harold Godwinson", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Godwinson", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159597", "qid": "Q159597", "description": "Anglo-Saxon King of England in 1066", "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [1022, 1066], "span_label": ["1022 CE", "1066 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "gruffydd-ap-llywelyn", "label": "Gruffydd ap Llywelyn", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "wales", "label": "Wales", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hereford", "label": "Hereford", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "april", "label": "April", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edward-the-confessor", "label": "Edward the Confessor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "edmund-ironside", "label": "Edmund Ironside", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "godwin-earl-of-wessex", "label": "Godwin, Earl of Wessex", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "duchy-of-normandy", "label": "Duchy of Normandy", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "january", "label": "January", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1022, "year_label": "1022 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Harold II, king of England (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213197#Births", "title": "1022", "revid": 1342213197, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1053, "year_label": "1053 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "April", "text": "April – Harold Godwinson succeeds his father Godwin as earl of Wessex. He invites the exiled Edward the Exile, son of Edmund II, to return in the hope that he can claim the English throne from King Edward the Confessor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130055#England", "title": "1053", "revid": 1350130055, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1056, "year_label": "1056 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 16", "text": "June 16 – In response to the attack on Hereford Cathedral in 1055, Leofgar the bishop of Hereford takes an army into Wales to deal with the Welsh prince Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. He along with a large number of English troops is killed in battle at Glasbury-on-Wye by the Welsh. Earl Harold Godwinson raises an army to take revenge, but comes to peaceful terms with Gruffydd.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365382431#Britain", "title": "1056", "revid": 1365382431, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1062, "year_label": "1062 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Winter – Harold Godwinson leads a successful campaign against King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn. He attacks and captures Rhuddlan Castle in northern Wales, but Gruffydd manages to escape.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361243522#Britain", "title": "1062", "revid": 1361243522, "section": "Events › By place › Britain"}}, {"year": 1064, "year_label": "1064 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": null, "text": "Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, is shipwrecked on the shores of Ponthieu (Normandy). He is captured by Count Guy I who takes him as hostage to his castle of Beaurian.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558075#Europe", "title": "1064", "revid": 1369558075, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1066, "year_label": "1066 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January", "text": "January – Harold Godwinson marries Ealdgyth, daughter of Ælfgar (earl of Mercia), and widow of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370249569#England_and_Scotland", "title": "1066", "revid": 1370249569, "section": "Events › Europe › England and Scotland"}}, {"year": 1066, "year_label": "1066 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 14", "text": "October 14 – Harold II (Harold Godwinson), king of England", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370249569#Deaths", "title": "1066", "revid": 1370249569, "section": "Deaths"}}]}