1040 - 1098 (58 years)War-Battle of Hastings (Norman)
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. It took place at Senlac Hill, approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory. William, Duke of Normandy, launched his bloody and decisive invasion of Saxon England in 1066. In that year Edward the Confessor, King of England, died without heir, appointing by his will Harold Godwinsson, son of England’s most powerful nobleman, the Earl of Wessex, as his successor. Across the Channel, William of Normandy considered himself rightfully the next King of England, basing his claim on a promise by Edward the Confessor in the early 1050s and an oath of fealty sworn by Harold during an enforced visit to William’s capital at Rouen following his capture by the Count of Ponthieu.
| Date | 14 Oct 1066 |
| File name | War-Battle of Hastings (Norman).jpg |
| File Size | 41.46k |
| Dimensions | 450 x 349 |
| Linked to | 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, I (Military - Old World); 1st Earl of Leicester Robert de Beaumont, I; Baron Richard de Courcy (Military - Old World); Baron Richard de Courcy; Henry de Ferrers (Military - Old World); Henry de Ferrers; Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy (Military - Old World); Duke of Normandy -- King of England Guillaume de Normandy; Bernard de St Valéry, II; Bernard de St Valéry, II (Death); Carlton Hugo le Bird (Military - Old World); Carlton Hugo le Bird; Hugo le Bird (Military - Old World); Hugo le Bird |
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