King Harold II was coronated on January 6, 1066, the first English king to hold their coronation in Westminster Abbey. However, King Harold II would ultimately reign for less than a year.

A missing fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry was discovered in the state archives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany’s northernmost ...

Archaeologists believe they found a residence of medieval ruler Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king. A nearby ...

King Harold of England had been elected to the throne ... The date of the battle – 14 October 1066 – was a Saturday, rather than a weekday. The English Anglo Saxon and French Norman clash ...

Harold was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, leading to William the Conqueror becoming King of England. A timber building with a toilet built into it dated to the late Saxon period was ...

In September 1066, Harald Hardrada and a force of 8000 ... by supporters from Scotland and northern England. The new king, Harold Godwinson, had been waiting in the south of England, anticipating ...

A lost fragment of the Bayeux Tapestry stolen by a Nazi scientist has been rediscovered in Germany and will be repatriated to ...

On 14 October 1066, the two vast armies of King Harold of England and William, Duke of Normandy, met on the battlefield near Hastings in Southern England, to fight for the English crown.

which took place on 14 October 1066 in the south coast of England. At this conflict, the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy defeated an English army led by Anglo-Saxon king Harold ...

He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the battle of Hastings on 14th October 1066 (the English army had defeated an invading Norwegian force in the north of England in late September and ...

In the first major battle of 1066, the Viking king of Norway, and Harold Godwinson's own brother Tostig, invade the north of England. 1066: The Battle of Stamford Bridge (3/6) video1066 ...