Romulus
...felt pity for him and had him banished to an island, even paid him a pension.
Norman conquest of Britain
1066 England was in a fix- huge problem > Edward the Confessor hadn't produced any heirs. He was a very pious man who thought that even sex for the production of children was a sin. Anytime a king didn't have children there was a problem
..this leads to a violent power struggle for the throne. Those who were after the throne upon Edward's death were Harold Godwinson ( brother-in-law), Harold ?, toughest soldier of all the Vikings, and William Duke of Normandy ( whom Edward had promised the throne to before his death.
* Normandy was is France, across the English Channel, it was inhabited by Vikings, the King of France gave the Vikings Normandy so they would leave the rest of France along. Which is why there are a lot of blue eyed blonde haired French- descendants of the Vikings.
Upon Edward's death, Harold Godwinson seized the throne. Not long after that the Vikings show up at a northern shore about 200 miles from London ( the capital of England). Godwinson was going to have to get to them before the got to him or else let them occupy. Had we been there and betting people we would have bet on the Vikings
.and lost. Godwinson and his men defeat the Vikings at Stanford Bridge. He had them surrounded and surprise attacked them. This was a big accomplishment as the Stanford Bridge was 200 miles away and Godwinson and his men got there, on foot, in 5 days. His army was about 5-6 thousand men. While recovering from there miraculous win they get terrible news from London William Duke of Normandy, had arrived from Normandy to the south shore of England, 65 miles from London. Godwinson and his men march back to London, rest for a day or two and goes to meet up against William Duke of Normandy.
William had an impressive cavalry- his horse troop had the...
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