Harold Godwinson
Anglo-Saxon King of England in 1066
7 dated entries naming Harold Godwinson, drawn from 6 separate years between 1022 CE and 1066 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.
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11th century
- 1022Harold II, king of England (approximate date)source
- 1053April – 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.source
- 1056June 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.source
- 1062Winter – 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.source
- 1064Harold 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.source
- 1066January – Harold Godwinson marries Ealdgyth, daughter of Ælfgar (earl of Mercia), and widow of King Gruffydd ap Llywelyn.source
- 1066October 14 – Harold II (Harold Godwinson), king of Englandsource
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- Gruffydd ap Llywelyn (3)
- Wales (2)
- Wessex (2)
- Kingdom of England (1)
- Hereford (1)
- April (1)
- Edward the Confessor (1)
- Edmund Ironside (1)
- Godwin, Earl of Wessex (1)
- Duchy of Normandy (1)
- Mercia (1)
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