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Norman conquest: William the Conqueror's forces defeated the English army at Hastings and killed Harold Godwinson (depicted), the last crowned Anglo-Saxon king of England.
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Norman Conquest
11th-century invasion and conquest of England by Normans
The Norman Conquest of England was an 11th-century invasion by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy, later styled William the Conqueror.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
William the Conqueror
King of England (1066–1087) and Duke of Normandy (1035–1087)
William the Conqueror, sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England, reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he was Duke of Normandy from 1035 onward. By 1060, following a long struggle, his hold on Normandy was secure. In 1066,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Battle of Hastings
Battle between English and Normans in 1066
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman Conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 mi (11 km) northwest of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Hastings
Town and borough in East Sussex, England
Hastings is a seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, 24 mi (39 km) east of Lewes and 53 mi (85 km) south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place 8 mi (13 km) to the north-west at Senlac Hill in 1066. It…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Harold Godwinson
King of England in 1066
Harold Godwinson, also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon King of England. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest. He was succeeded by William the Conqueror, the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Anglo-Saxons
Early medieval Old-English-speaking cultural group in Britain
The Anglo-Saxons, in some contexts simply called Saxons or the English, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages. They traced their origins to Germanic settlers who became one of the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)