NameHarold_II GODWINESON King of England
Birthabt 1022
Death14 Oct 1066, Battle of Hastings, Sussex, England
BurialWaltham Abbey, Essex
FatherGodwin Earl of Wessex & Kent (ca987-1053)
MotherGytha (->1069)
The last Anglo-Saxon King of England, reputedly designated heir by the dying
Edward. After becoming King, he crushed the forces of his brother Tostig and
Harold III Hardraade of Norway, who claimed the throne, at Stamford Bridge
(1066). Harold was killed in the battle of Hastings by the army of another
sucessful claimant to the throne, William the Conqueror.
Earl of East Anglia 1045, Earl of Wessex 15 Apr 1053, Earl of Hereford 1058.
http://www.dcs.hull.ac.uk/cgi-bin/gedlkup/n=royal?royal01538 indicates that all of his children except Harold (b. Dec 1066) are illegitimate. His concubine and his wife have nearly the same name.