He promised William of Normandy that He would help him become King.
When Harold Godwinson was elected King. William ran back to Normandy telling everyone to go and KILL HAROLD...!!
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William, duke of Normandy was a better leader because he has more prepared and had better tactics than Harold Godwinson. He was able to adapt to the battle at Hastings, when the Brettons ran from his army he surrounded and killed the group of Saxons who followed them. If Harold had been able to adapt to the battle as well he might have defeated William. Idk ask the people that were there... oh wait............ THEY'RE DEAD!
William duke of Normandy.
The main reason often given for why Harold should not be king was because he had promised his support to William of Normandy. Oaths (promises) were taken very seriously in Medieval times and Harold was considered by William and the Pope to be an oath breaker, which was a very serious accusation in those days.
He left Normandy, and came to England at Pevencsy(wrong spelling, help!). Then, he started raping and pillaging around Pevencsy until Harold Godwinson couldn't take it anymore.
1066
he was buried near the English channel
He conquered England because after Edward II (the Confessor) died in 1066 without heirs, Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex, claimed the throne. This wasn't acceptable to William because when Harold Godwinson was captured in France, he had to make a duress (forced) oath in front of William (over the bones of two sainted bishops) saying that he would help William in becoming King of England. William invaded England and won the Battle of Hastings, in which Harold was killed. William assumed the English throne, becoming William I.
William contended that Edward the Confessor, who had spent much of his life in exile in Normandy during the Danish occupation of England, had promised him the throne when he visited Edward in London in 1052.Further, William claimed that Harold had pledged allegiance to him in 1064 when he rescued the shipwrecked Harold from the count of Ponthieu. This pledge of allegiance is tantamount to agreeing that William should become King on Edward's Death.
The Pope's blessing helped Duke William a lot, because by blessing the invasion the Pope was also giving it is authority, meaning that Christians tended to support the Duke. It also made it easier for him to recruit mercenaries, bolstered the morale of his troops and probably had a negative effect on King Harolds army.
Yes. We were close with them because we promised to help them, and the promised to help us whenever we were in trouble.
Harold Godwinson lost the throne in 1066 because he made lots of mistakes wear as William of Normandy had lots of cunning plans to get round to the throne. See more details on www.battleofhastings.co.uk
to get himself anoath from godwinson whch contained i will help u be king#