Gytha Godwinson, one of King Harold's daughters, was an all but forgotten figure until a chance genealogical twist inspired author Ellen Alpsten to reimagine the young royal in a gripping ...

The 68.3-meter-long (224-foot-long) tapestry depicts William, Duke of Normandy, and his army killing Harold Godwinson, or Harold II, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, at the Battle of Hastings.

She wasn’t a queen, but she was his heart. Edith Swanneck’s love for Harold Godwinson defied war, loss—and death itself.

Harold Godwinson was crowned King of England 950 years ago today. We know him as the man who lost the Battle of Hastings. Let’s see what else we can find out. 1. Harold was born around 1020, the ...

Recent archaeological findings have shed new light on a long-standing mystery about Harold Godwinson, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. A collaborative study conducted by the Universities of ...

The fast ascension of Harold Godwinson to the English throne in 1066 was greeted with fury by rivals Duke William of Normandy and brutal Viking warlord Harald Hardrada.

Clive Anderson discusses the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Harold Godwinson, whose life and reign came to a bloody end at the Battle of Hastings. Show more The Anglo Saxons are somewhat out of ...

Clive Anderson has always been fascinated by Harold Godwinson whose life and reign came to a bloody end at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, which a thousand years on is still the most famous date ...

In the triumvirate of 1066, William of Normandy, Harald Hardrada, and Harold Godwinson, the latter has above all endured as one of the great heroes of English history. But how did he become the ...