Why harald hardrada should have been king

I only did this because he forced me to. He was holding my nephew hostage and said he would only be released if I swore to be loyal to him. Edward stayed in Normandy until he became King of England in It was important, at that time, for Edward to protect his throne from attack and rebellion.

Edward turned to me for help. Where did William fight Harold for the English Throne? The Battle of Hastings. Questions and answers about the Bayeux Tapestry Part one. Questions and answers about the Bayeux Tapestry Part two.

Horses Armour Shields Helmets Weapons. Other websites. Follow me on Twitter mbarrow. I teach computers at The Granville School and St. John's Primary School in Sevenoaks Kent. Meet the four claimants to the English throne When the English king Edward the Confessor died on 5 January , no fixed procedures were in place to decide who should succeed him on the throne.

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William of Normandy and Harald Hardrada were both experienced military commanders. They both had Viking ancestry and had secure control in their own lands. Claimants to the English throne in Edward the Confessor died childless on 5th January , leaving no direct heir to the throne. Harald Hardrada - Harald had no direct blood ties to the English royal families. Edgar Atheling - Edgar was the great-nephew of Edward the Confessor and was the last Anglo-Saxon prince alive after his father was killed in Edward probably did promise Harold the throne at some point after William claimed that Edward had promised that he should succeed him as King of England.

In Harold Godwinson made a trip to Normandy, and William claimed that he also promised that William could succeed to the English throne. Harald claimed the Kingdom of Denmark as part of the legacy of Magnus. King William, by contrast, had a blank slate and could start almost from scratch, creating a new aristocracy that owed everything to him. Portsmouth Climate Festival — Portsmouth, Portsmouth.

Edition: Available editions United Kingdom. Become an author Sign up as a reader Sign in. The end of an era: the death of Harold, according to the Bayeux Tapestry.

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