The last Saxon King of England.
Born about 1020, Harold was the son of
Earl Godwin of Wessex by his second wife
Gytha, sister to King Sweyn Forkbeard of
England (1013-1014)
and Denmark (986-1014).
Harold was chosen as the last Saxon King of England by the Witan on the death of Edward the Confessor in 1066.
Harold II had to immedaitely deal with two invasions. He defeated the Norwegian King at the Battle of Stamford Bridge but this allowed William, Duke of Normandy to Land at Pevensey and encamp at Hastings.
Harold marched his army to Battle in East Sussex where he was killed at the Battle of Hastings leaving William to take the English Crown.
| 1051 | | Witan banish Earl Godwin and his sons Gyrth, Harold and Tostig who join the exiled Swegen in Flanders | | BAAAGDIV BAAAGBIY | | 1051 | | Edward the Confessor was said to have promised the English crown to Willliam, Duke of Normandy | | BAAAGBIW BAAAGBKX | | 1051 | | Harold Godwinson, heir apparent
to the English crown, becomes a captive of William of Normandy | | BAAAGBKX | | 1052 | | Banished Godwin of Wessex lands in S England with Harold and Tostig, supported by Kent, Surrey, Sussex and the navy - The Confessor is forced to reinstate the Godwin family estates | | BAAAGDIV BAAAGBIW BAAAGBIY | | 1052 | | Godwin's fleet recruits men from the Cinque Ports of Hastings, Hythe, Dover and Sandwich, sails up the Thames gaining the support of London and forces Edward the Confessor to send his Norman advisers back to France | | BAAAGBKY BAAAGBYL BAAAGBIW BAAAGDKN BAAAGEHJ BAAAGEHZ BAAAGEIS | | 1052 | | Earl Godwin leads a vicious attack on the Isle of Portland in Dorset | | BAAAGCQX BAAAGBRO | | 1053.Apr.14 | | Death of Earl Godwin of Wessex at Winchester | | BAAAGCBS BAAAGBHZ BAAAGDIV BAAAGBIW BAAAGEIE | | 1055 | | Death of Earl Siward - Tostig made Earl of Northumbria, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire | | BAAAGBIY | | 1063 | | The Confessor orders Harold and Tostig to invade Wales | | BAAAGBIW BAAAGBIY BAAAGBKA | | 1065.Oct.28 | | Harold Godwinson meets northern rebels at Oxford yielding to their demands to avoid civil war - his brother Tostig is banished (to Flanders) and Morcar becomes Earl of Northumbira | | BAAAGBIY | | 1066 | | Appearance of Halley\'s Comet taken by the Normans as a sign of the fall of Harold II and England to their invasion
highly styalised, the comet was later depicted in a Bayeux Tapestry | | BAAAGBPT BAAAGBKG BAAAGBKN | | 1066.Jan.05 | | Death of Edward
the Confessor
His legitimate heir was Edgar Atheling but it is claimed he nominated Harold Godwinson as his successor on his death bed | | BAAAGBIW | | 1066.Jan.06 | | Harold Godwinson elected king by the Witan as Harold II | | | | 1066.Sep.25 | | Harold II defeated and killed his brother Tostig and the Norwegian King, Harold Hardrada, at Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire
Harold Hardrada was succeeded by his sons Magnus II and Olaf III | | BAAAGBIY | | 1066.Oct.14 | | THE NORMAN CONQUEST OF ENGLAND: The Battle of Hastings or Senlac - Harold II slain and the English
defeated by William, Duke of Normandy | | 00000000 BAAAGBKX BAAAGBUO BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1066.Oct.14 | | Harold II slain and the English
defeated at the Battle of Hastings or Senlac by William, Duke of Normandy | | BAAAGBKX BAAAGEFP BAAAGEFQ | | 1069 | | Brian de Bretagne, Norman Earl of Cornwall, leads an army against the sons of the defeated Saxon King Harold II | | BAAAGBFR BAAAGBHZ BAAAGBRO |
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