The Norman Conquest

What happened next after

St. Edward the Confessor’s death???!?
 Normandy
-Is one of the 18 regions of
France
-That’s all I know about it
-Has good cheese
St. Edward’s claimants to the the
throne

1. Edward the Aethling

2. William the Bastard
3. Harold Godwinson
4.Harald Hadrada
Let’s skip Edward Aethling because
he is not important
 King Harold

-Swore his oath to William he will

support him as king.
-He became king instead because
the English Nobles chose him
-The last Anglo-Saxon king
 William
The Bastard

-He is the Duke of Normandy

-St. Edward’s first cousin once removed
-The First Norman King
Count Guy I of Ponthiu

-Took King Harold captive

-That’s the only reason he is here
 Harald Hadrada

-Viking king who wants to claim the

throne
-He was related to the previous
Norwegian Kings in England
-He reminds me of Stoik the Vast
 Summary

-Harold was taken captive by Guy I, William tries to release him in

exchange of his loyalty
-Harold agrees but breaks his word. Harold is the new king
-William is angry and tries to invade England
-Harald Hadrada, the Viking King, also tries to invade England at the same
time
-Harold defeats the Vikings but learns that the Normans are invading them
-Harold fights William in the Battle of Hasting and dies
-December 25 1066, William the Bastard was crowned as the first Norman
King of England
 Why is this important?

This event marks the start of the long and unhealthy relationship between
the English and the French.
 The Hundred Year’s War

In 1337, another dispute between the English and the Normans begin after
another king dies