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Facts

Date October 14, 1066
Location Battle • Hastings • United Kingdom • England
Participants Normandy • England
Context Norman Conquest

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Bayeux Tapestry
Edward the Confessor and Duke William of Normandy, from the Bayeux Tapestry, embroidery, 11th century, located at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux, France.
Harold II; William I
Section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Norman soldiers on foot and horseback defeating Harold's forces in battle, with fallen warriors on the ground.
Battle of Hastings
Illustration of the Battle of Hastings showing King Harold II clutching his eye after being struck by an arrow, surrounded by armed soldiers and chaos on the battlefield.
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Engraved portrait of William I, also known as William the Conqueror, shown wearing a crown and medieval robes, facing forward.
William I
king of England
Harold II
Harold II
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Harald III Sigurdsson
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Tostig, earl of Northumbria
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William FitzOsbern, 1st earl of Hereford
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