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HAROLD II
1020 - 1066


Harold was also called Harold Godwineson or Harold Godwinson, because his father was Godwine, the earl of Wessex and Kent.

Harold and two of his brothers died in 1066 at the Battle of Hastings because his enemy was heavy weight champion William the Conqueror.

 

 

 

 


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