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to the Tapestry. Some historians have questioned whether this man is intended to be Harold or if the panel shows two instances of Harold in sequence of his death the figure standing to the left of the central figure commonly thought to be Harold, and then lying to the right almost supine being mutilated beneath a horse's hooves. Etchings made of the Tapestry in the 1730s show the standing figure with differing objects. Benoît's 1729 sketch shows only a dotted line indicating stitch marks which is longer than the currently shown arrow and without any indication of fletching, whereas all other arrows in the Tapestry are fletched. Bernard de Montfaucon's 1730 engraving has a solid line resembling a spear being held overhand matching the manner of the standing figure currently depicted with an arrow to the eye; while stitch marks for where such a spear may have been removed can be seen in the Tapestry. In 1816,
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nineteenth-century restorers that was later unstitched. Many believe the figure with an arrow in his eye to be Harold as the name "Harold" is above him. This has been disputed by examining other examples from the Tapestry where the visual centre of a scene, not the location of the inscription, identifies named figures. A further suggestion is that both accounts are accurate, and that Harold suffered first the eye wound, then the mutilation, and the Tapestry is depicting both in sequence.
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mother, who offered for the body of her beloved son its weight in gold. For the Duke thought it unseemly to receive money for such merchandise, and equally he considered it wrong that Harold should be buried as his mother wished, since so many men lay unburied because of his avarice. They said in jest that he who had guarded the coast with such insensate zeal should be buried by the seashore.
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a powerfully built man of about 5ft 6in in height, aged over 60 years and with traces of arthritis." It was suggested that the contents of the coffin had been opened at a much earlier date and vandalised, as the skull was missing and the remaining bones damaged in a way that was inconsistent with decomposition
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having ruled that the chances of establishing the identity of the body as Harold's were too slim to justify disturbing a burial place. The exhumation in 1954 had revealed the remains of a man in a coffin. " was made of Horsham stone, magnificently finished, and contained the thigh and pelvic bones of
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The two brothers of the King were found near him and Harold himself, stripped of all badges of honour, could not be identified by his face but only by certain marks on his body. His corpse was brought into the Duke's camp, and William gave it for burial to William, surnamed Malet, and not to Harold's
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In the panel of the Bayeux Tapestry with the inscription "Hic Harold Rex Interfectus Est" ("Here King Harold is killed") a figure standing below the inscription is currently depicted gripping an arrow that has struck his eye. This, however, may have been a late 18th or early 19th century modification
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Later Norman chroniclers suggest alternative explanations for Harold's journey: that he was seeking the release of members of his family who had been held hostage since Godwin's exile in 1051, or even that he had simply been travelling along the English coast on a hunting and fishing expedition and
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as "plainly mythical", before the battle a single man rode up alone to Harald Hardrada and Tostig. He gave no name, but spoke to Tostig, offering the return of his earldom if he would turn against Hardrada. Tostig asked what his brother Harold would be willing to give Hardrada for his trouble. The
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wrote of Harold that he "was distinguished by his great size and strength of body, his polished manners, his firmness of mind and command of words, by a ready wit and a variety of excellent qualities. But what availed so many valuable gifts, when good faith, the foundation of all virtues, was
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When Harold Harefoot died in 1040, Harthacnut ascended the English throne and Godwin's power was imperiled by his earlier involvement in Alfred's murder, but an oath and large gift secured the new king's favour for Godwin. Harthacnut's death in 1042 probably involved Godwin in a role as
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to make a copy of the Bayeux Tapestry. He included in his reproduction previously damaged or missing parts of the work with his own hypothesised depictions. This is when the arrow first appears. It has been proposed that the supine figure once had an arrow added by over-enthusiastic
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and soon afterwards drove them into exile, but they raised an army which forced the king to restore them to their positions a year later. Earl Godwin died in 1053, and Harold succeeded him as Earl of Wessex, which made him the most powerful lay figure in England after the king.
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to be buried. What happened to her after 1066, is not known. Also, after their defeat at the Battle of Northam the fate of the sons is unclear although some later sources suggest they took refuge at the Danish court with their grandmother, aunt and sister.
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rider replied "Seven feet of English ground, as he is taller than other men." Then he rode back to the Saxon host. Hardrada was impressed by the rider's boldness, and asked Tostig who he was. Tostig replied that the rider was Harold Godwinson himself.
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in 1045 against Magnus. Sweyn, Harold's elder brother, had been named an earl in 1043. It was also around the time that Harold was named an earl that he began a relationship with
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Godwin remained an earl throughout the remainder of Cnut's reign, one of only two earls to survive to the end of that reign. On Cnut's death in 1035, Godwin originally supported
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formally declared William the rightful heir of the throne of England and nobles flocked to his cause. In preparation of the invasion, Harold assembled his troops on the
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on 20 September 1066. Harold led his army north on a forced march from London, reached Yorkshire in four days, and caught Hardrada by surprise. On 25 September, in the
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on the Normandy coast. Initially, William struggled to gain support for his cause, however, after claiming that Harold had broken an oath sworn on sacred relics,
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At the end of 1065, King Edward the Confessor fell into a coma without clarifying his preference for the succession. He died on 5 January 1066, according to the
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Stothard's is the first record of the Bayeux Tapestry after it was damaged during the French Revolution and before repairs were carried out in the 19th century.
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Edward may not have been blameless in this situation, as at least one other man, Sweyn II of Denmark, also thought Edward had promised him the succession.
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In early January 1066, upon hearing of Harold's coronation, William began plans to invade England, building approximately 700 warships and transports at
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Foys, Martin (2010). "Pulling the Arrow Out: The Legend of Harold's Death and the Bayeux Tapestry". In Foys; Overbey, Karen Eileen; Terkla, Dan (eds.).
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Harold's death depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, reflecting the tradition that Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye. The annotation above states
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Harold's son Ulf, along with Morcar and two others, were released from prison by King William as he lay dying in 1087. Ulf threw his lot in with
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on the coast of East Sussex. Harold's army marched 240 miles (390 kilometres) to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7,000 men in
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The widely held belief that Harold died by an arrow to the eye is a subject of much scholarly debate. A Norman account of the battle,
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On 12 September 1066, William's fleet sailed from Normandy. Several ships sank in storms, which forced the fleet to take shelter at
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influence in England under the restored monarchy (1042–66) of Edward the Confessor, who had spent more than 25 years in exile in
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Some historians have suggested that Harold and Ealdgyth's union was childless, others ascribe two children to Ealdgyth, named
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and to wait for the wind to change. On 27 September, the Norman fleet set sail for England, arriving the following day at
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convened the next day they selected Harold to succeed, and his coronation followed on 6 January, most likely held in
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Due to a doubling of taxation by Tostig in 1065 that threatened to plunge England into civil war, Harold supported
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There is a tradition that Edith the Fair took the broken body of her husband Harold Godwinson to the Church at
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Harold was married to Edith the Fair for approximately twenty years and had at least five children with her.
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van Kempen, Ad F. J. (November 2016). "'A mission he bore – to Duke William he came': Harold Godwineson's
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led a force that defeated a raid by Godwine and Edmund, sons of Harold Godwinson, who had sailed from
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convened and chose Harold to succeed him; he was probably the first English monarch to be crowned in
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of Norway. It is possible that Harold led some of the ships from his earldom that were sent to
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controversially view King Harold as a saint, though he has not been officially glorified (
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in 1069. In 1068, Diarmait presented another Irish king with Harold's battle standard.
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The History of the Norman Conquest of England: The Reign of Harold and the Interregnum
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before marching his army back south to meet William at Hastings two weeks later.
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There were legends of Harold's body being given a proper funeral years later in
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Who also claimed the English crown through a succession pact concluded between
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Harold then apparently accompanied William to battle against William's enemy,
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Harold's elder brother Sweyn was exiled in 1047 after abducting the abbess of
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Edith married Edward on 23 January 1045 and, around that time, Harold became
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and a native of Sussex. Godwin began his political career by supporting King
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in 1058, and replaced his late father as the focus of opposition to growing
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The invading forces of Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls
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by an unexpected storm. There is general agreement that he left from
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The spot where Harold reportedly died, which became the site of
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shows Harold touching two altars at Bayeux as the duke watches.
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of England and Denmark. Ulf and Estrid's son would become King
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13th century version of Harold's crowning, from an anonymous
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William of Poitiers, Gesta Guillelmi II Ducis Normannorum,
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Harold was thought to have been in his 40s at his death
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In 1055, Harold drove back the Welsh, who had burned
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HIC CECIDERUNT LEVVINE ET GYRÐ FRATRES HAROLDI REGIS
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London: Hambledon & London. p. 35. 1885:also known as Edyth Swannesha (Edith Swanneck) 590:In 1064, Harold was apparently shipwrecked at 324:, died without an heir on 5 January 1066, the 4419: 3649: 3367:. Vol. 1. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 2612: 1928:with a fleet of 64 ships to the mouth of the 582:("Harold made an oath to Duke William"): the 8: 3268:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 3023:(online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2939:. The Bosham Online Magazine. Archived from 2259: 2257: 967:states that the body of Harold was given to 4739: 4216:Monarchs of England and Scotland after the 1005:Another source states that Harold's widow, 963:The account of the contemporary chronicler 726:(d. 1072). 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Index

Godwinson

Bayeux Tapestry
King of the English
Coronation
Edward the Confessor
Edgar Ætheling
William I
Wessex
Senlac Hill
Waltham Abbey, Essex
Bosham
Edith the Fair
Edith of Mercia
Issue
Godwin
Edmund
Magnus
Gunhild
Gytha
Harold
Ulf
House
Godwin
Godwin, Earl of Wessex
Gytha Thorkelsdóttir
Anglo-Saxon
English king
Battle of Hastings
Norman Conquest

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