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Ransom

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

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Harold II1064

Pas de Calais · House / House of Wessex

Held for ransom by the Count of Ponthieu after being found shipwrecked off France

Names involved

Harold II

Provenance

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