1066

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Norman Conquest    occurred during    1066 History & Mythology > Wars

1066    saw the    Battle of Hastings A famous historical date engraved into the minds of English School Children. The Battle is depicted in the famous Bayeux tapestry. History & Mythology > Battles and Sieges

1042-1066    was the reign of    Edward the Confessor The penultimate Anglo-Saxon King of England & the last of the House of Wessex. His reign marked the continuing disintegration of royal power in England & it foreshadowed the country's later connection with Normandy, whose duke William I of England was to supplant Edward's successors Harold Godwinson and Edgar Ætheling as England's ruler. Edward was canonised in 1161 as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, which regards him as the patron saint of kings, difficult marriages, & separated spouses, History & Mythology > English Monarchs

Edward the Confessor    lifespan was    1004-1066 King Edward III of England, saint of the Catholic Church History & Mythology > Lifespans

1066-1066    was the reign of    Harold II (Godwinson) Widely regarded as the last Anglo-Saxon King of England before the Norman Conquest. Harold reigned from January 5 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings (as evidenced in the Bayeaux tapestry) on 14 October of that same year, fighting the Norman invaders, led by William the Conqueror. History & Mythology > English Monarchs

1066-1087    was the reign of    William I (The Conqueror) History & Mythology > English Monarchs