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Years: 1066 - 1066
May
The first sign of real trouble for Harold comes from his exiled brother, Tostig.
According to the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, Tostig lands on the Isle of Wight in May 1066 with a fleet he had recruited in Flanders, later joined by other ships from Orkney, before ravaging the south coast of England, and ending up at Sandwich, Kent.
At Sandwich, Tostig is said to have enlisted and impressed sailors.
Threatened by Harold's fleet, …
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- Edith of Wessex
- Edward the Confessor
- Harald Hardrada
- Harold Godwinson
- Tostig Godwinson
- William the Conqueror
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- Welsh people
- Danes (Scandinavians)
- Flanders, County of
- Orkney, Earldom of
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- Norway, independent Kingdom of
- England, (Anglo-Saxon) Kingdom of
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Years: 1066 - 1066
May
Locations
People
- Edith of Wessex
- Edward the Confessor
- Harald Hardrada
- Harold Godwinson
- Tostig Godwinson
- William the Conqueror
Groups
- Anglo-Saxons
- Welsh people
- Danes (Scandinavians)
- Flanders, County of
- Orkney, Earldom of
- Normandy, Duchy of
- Normans
- Norway, independent Kingdom of
- England, (Anglo-Saxon) Kingdom of
- England, (Norman) Kingdom of
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Commodoties
Subjects
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Subregions