Harold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy Size:L: 100 x 80cm Wembley Stadium June 17 1989

Wembley Stadium June 17 1989

Membre correspondant de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris

he served as its President from 1741 to 1752

View of a twenty-four foot long male cetacean

'The Westminster mendicant'

Harold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy Size:L: 100 x 80cm Wembley Stadium June 17 1989Harold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy, 1064 (1864). Harold (c1020 1066) swearing an oath on sacred relics before William of Normandy (1028 1087) to support his claim to the English throne on the death of Edward the Confessor. Harold's failure to honour this oath led to William invading England in 1066 in pursuit of his claim. He defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. Harold, the last Anglo Saxon king of England, was killed in the