This timeline details the background to and events of the Battle of Hastings, 14th October 1066 Please note times given for the battle of Hastings are based on known times and sequence of events Background 1042 (8th June) Edward the Confessor, son of Aethelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy succeeded his half-brother Harthacnut as … Read more
Born – c1027 Died – 9th September 1087 Father – Robert the Magnificent (1008 – 1035) Mother – Herleve of Falaise (1012 – 1050) Spouse – m. 1050 – Matilda of Flanders (1032 – 1083) Children – Robert (1052 – 1134), Richard (1056 – 1075), Cecilia (1054 – 1126), Adeliza (b. 1055), William (1057 – … Read more
Born – c1051 Died – c1125 Father – Edward the Exile (1016 – 1057) Mother – Agatha of Kiev (c1028 – c1070) Spouse – Unmarried Children – No children King of England – 1066 Predecessor – King Harold II – 1066 Successor – King William I (the Conqueror) – 1066 – 1087 1051 (around) Edgar … Read more
Born – 1022 Died – 14th October 1066 Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex (1001 – 1053) Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir (c1000 – c1072) Spouses – m. 1045 – Edith the Fair (Swanneck), m. 1066 – Edith of Mercia Children – by Edith Swanneck – Godwin, Edmund, Magnus, Gunhilda, Gytha; by Edith of Mercia – … Read more
Father – Osbern the Steward
Mother – Emma of Ivry
Spouses – Adeliza de Tosny, Richilde de Hainault
Children – By Adeliza – William, Roger, Emma
Father – Harold Godwinson
Mother – Edith the Fair (Swanneck)
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
Father – Harold Godwinson
Mother – Edith the Fair (Swanneck)
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
Father – Eustace I of Boulogne
Mother – Matilda of Louvain
Spouses – Godgifu of England, Ida of Lorraine
Children – Eustace, Godfrey, Baldwin
Father – Unknown
Mother – Unknown
Spouse – Harold Godwinson
Children – Godwin, Edmund, Magnus, Gunhilda, Gytha
Father – Harold Godwinson
Mother – Edith the Fair (Swanneck)
Spouse – Unknown
Children – Unknown
Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex
Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Spouse – None
Children – None
Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex
Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Spouse – None
Children – None
Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex
Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Spouse – None
Children – None
This timeline gives a chronological listing of the main events in Anglo Saxon England 410 – 1066 410 (during) The last Romans left England after being recalled back to Rome by Emperor Honorius. 430 (during) The followers of Ninian, a Christian missionary, built the first Christian Church at Whithorn. 432 (during) Patrick, a Briton who … Read more
Father – Earl Godwin of Wessex
Mother – Gytha Thorkelsdottir
Spouse – King Edward the Confessor
Children – No children
Born – c.1032 Died – 2nd November 1083 Father – Baldwin V of Flanders (1012 – 1067) Mother – Adela of France (1009 – 1079) Spouse – m. c.1050 – William I (Conqueror) (1027 – 1087) Children – Robert Curthose (1052 – 1134), Richard of Normandy (1054 – 1070), Adeliza (b. c.1055), Cecilia (1056 – 1126), … Read more
This timeline gives a chronological listing of the main events in English History for the years 1070 – 1079
The monarch for this period was William I (The Conqueror)
This timeline gives a chronological listing of the main events in English History for the years 1060 – 1069
The monarchs for this period were:
Edward the Confessor to 1066
Harold II (Godwinson) 1066
William I from 1066
This timeline details the main wars that have taken place in Europe excluding the Balkans and Russia
This timeline details all main wars that happened during the 11th – 14th CenturiesThis timeline details the main events of the Norman Conquest of England from 1064 – 1077 1064 (during) Harold Godwinson had departed England on a ship from Bosham. It is thought that he may have been sailing to Normandy to negotiate the release of his brother Wulfnoth and nephew Hakon who were being held prisoner … Read more
Father – Uncertain
Mother – Uncertain
Spouse – Turfrida
Children – No children
