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Showing posts with label Tostig. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tostig. Show all posts
05 August 2024

Malcolm III of Scotland

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Almost exactly a decade ago I posted " The Real Macbeth " about how he killed Duncan I of Scotland. Well, let's talk about Dun...
31 July 2024

Harold Arrives at Stamford

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After the Battle of Fulford , Harald Hardrada and Tostig took York with no trouble. Neither side wanted bloodshed or destruction of a town t...
30 July 2024

The Battle of Fulford

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The former earl Tostig , brother of King Harold Godwinson of England, wanted revenge for being deposed and exiled for his bad behavior. He f...
29 July 2024

Harald Hardrada and Tostig

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While William in Normandy was preparing to take over England after the death of Edward the Confessor and the coronation of Harold Godwinson...
26 September 2014

Battle of Stamford Bridge, Part 2

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The first part is here . Death of Harald Hardrada, illustration from Matthew Paris King Harold Godwinson of England, hearing th...
25 September 2014

Battle of Stamford Bridge, Part 1

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In the absence of historical photographs, I give you Lego Stamford Bridge ! In the competition for the throne resulting from the death ...
14 June 2012

1066: What Really Happened

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When Edward the Confessor died, he supposedly made a deathbed statement committing his kingdom into the care of Harold Godwinson. As the m...
13 June 2012

Who Will Rule?

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In 1051, when King Edward the Confessor was inviting more friendly Normans to join him in England, Duke William of Normandy visited. Accord...