"Harold Godwinson was a legitimate king with a legitimate cl...

“Harold Godwinson was a legitimate king with a legitimate claim to the English throne.”

Wrong!

Harold Godwinson was a manipulative political maneuverer, a conniving hypocrite, and an opportunisic oath-breaker.

• Did you know that Harold Godwinson had sworn himself to Duke William of Normandy over holy Christian relics?

• Did you know that Duke William of Normandy was the cousin of reigning monarch of the House of Wessex and King of England, Edward the Confessor?

• Did you know that King Edward the Confessor was already inviting Norman architects and knights to come to England to build Westminster Abbey and motte-and-bailey castles as defence against the Welsh prior to the year 1066?

My upcoming Substack article will present a full examination of the cultural and geopolitical landscape of England leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

As both claims of Duke William of Normandy and Harold Godwinson rely on evidence that is looked at retrospectively, I will share full investigative insight into the context found in William of Poitiers’ Gesta Guillemi, William of Jumièges’ Deeds of the Dukes of the Normans, Orderic Vitalis’ Ecclesiastical History, Edith’s Vita Ædwardi, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, revealing a clear image of the historical context supporting William the Conqueror’s claim to the English throne.

This Substack article will be free and the comments will be open. You don’t want to miss this. Let the online Battle of Hastings begin.

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The Rightful King: William the Conqueror coming soon…