Ruler · 1026 – 1066

Harold Godwinson

Lived 1026 – 1066. Monarch of England of Kingdom of England, 1066.

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Lived: 1026 – 1066; 40 years
Lines: 1; Kingdom of England
Left it: ended otherwise; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of England

Kingdom of England · the 16th of 53 dated reigns · 899 – 1707

12 before

Harold Harefoot1037 – 1040

Harthacnut1040 – 1042

Edward the Confessor1042 – 1066

Harold Godwinson1066

William the Conqueror1066 – 1087

William II of England1087 – 1100

Henry I of England1100 – 1135

34 after

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roada second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1066 · under a year · came to it aged 44

Left it: ended otherwisecoded by Kokkonen & Sundell

then died in battle within a year of leaving · the term records: death in office

In late September, he defeated an invasion by rival claimant Harald Hardrada of Norway in the Battle of Stamford Bridge near York before marching his army back south to meet William at Hastings two weeks later, where he was killed in battle.

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