Harold Godwinson (Harold II) Monument

Harold depicted on the Bayeux Tapestry

Harold Godwinson, or Harold II; Old English: Harold Godƿinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England. until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October of that same year, fighting the Norman invaders led by William the Conqueror during the Norman conquest of England. Harold is the first of only three kings of England to have died in warfare; the other two were Richard I and Richard III.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold Godwinson
• A History of Britain (TV series)