Harold II6 January 1066
The embroidery depicts Harold receiving the English crown after Edward's death.
England · House / House of Wessex. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The embroidery depicts Harold receiving the English crown after Edward's death.
Ignores the oath made to William Duke of Normandy in 1064. Crowned King of England, on the same day Halleys comet is seen, an ominous portent
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