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Coronation of Harold II

England · Government / Government of England. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

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Harold Godwinson Harold II6 January 1066

Westminster Abbey · Government / Government of England

Harold Godwinson is crowned king after the death of Edward the Confessor

Names involved

Harold Godwinson Harold II

Provenance

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