Depiction of the Battle of Hastings (1066) on the Bayeux Tapestry

1066 Was a Three-Way Fight

After Edward the Confessor died, several men claimed England. Harold Godwinson first rushed north and crushed a Norwegian invasion at Stamford Bridge.

Norman Conquest of England

View of the Hastings Cliff Railway and historic wooden net shops under clear sky.

Then William Landed

Just days later, William of Normandy invaded from the south. Harold's exhausted army met him at Hastings, where Harold was killed and the balance of English history shifted.

Norman Conquest of England

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