What it is: A roll of linen cloth with wool embroidery depicting scenes from the 11th century Where it is from: Bayeux Cathedral in Normandy, France When it was made: The late 11th century Related ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027, a natural son of Robert, Duke of Normandy and a girl called Herleve. He invaded England and defeated King Harold II at the ...

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Sally: Here we are, William the Conqueror - born in 1028 ... But a man called Harold was actually crowned the next King. So there was trouble ahead. Fatima: So there were two people who wanted ...

depicts scenes from William the Conqueror’s invasion of England and his defeat of Harold Godwinson, England’s last Anglo-Saxon king, at the Battle of Hastings in 1066. (See “Unfolding the ...

On Christmas Day 1066, William the Conqueror was crowned the first ... In the first major battle of 1066, the Viking king of Norway, and Harold Godwinson's own brother Tostig, invade the north ...

“King And Conqueror is the story of a clash ... two countries and a raging sea,” according to the BBC. “Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle ...

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Young William, Duke of Normandy, quarrels with Harold Godwinson about who should be King of England, before bashing the English and taking the crown at the famous Battle of Hastings in 1066! Meanwhile ...