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Norman Conquest: Quick Facts

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Date 1066 - 1071
Location United Kingdom • England
Participants Normandy • England

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Bayeux Tapestry
Experience William of Normandy's conquest of the British Isles and decisive victory at the Battle of Hastings
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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
king of England
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Tostig, earl of Northumbria
Anglo-Saxon earl
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William FitzOsbern, 1st earl of Hereford
French noble
Hereward the Wake
Hereward the Wake
Anglo-Saxon rebel

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