There were no Kings on Harold's side, nor on Duke William's side.
Who was William the Conqueror fighting against in the year 1066, was it Harold 11th?No, William the Conqueror fought against Harold Godwinson, the king of the time. William the Conqueror and Harold Godwinson fought on the 14th October 1066. They fought to decide who shall be king of England
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066. William of Normandy defeated King Harold II, who was killed, and William became King of England.
It was Harold
He was King Of England. Harold was defeated and killed at the Battle of Hastings, 1066, by William of Normandy, who then became king.
Harold Godwinson was the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, who reigned England from January 6, 1066 until his death at the Battle of Hastings on October 14, 1066.
King William "the conquerer" of Normandy took the throne of England from King Harold of the Saxons he was a good king
King Harold II fought the Battle of Hastings on Senlac Hill in 1066.
The Anglo-Saxon, King Harold, was defeated and killed when William the Conquer arrived from Normandy, France, to claim the throne. The Battle of Hastings was fought in 1066.
To be exact the first battle of 1066 was that of Fulford, fought on September 20,1066, where King Harold III Hardrada's Norse invading Army, aided by Tostig, the half brother of King Harold of England, defeated the troops of Mercia and Northumbria led by the earls Edwin and Morcar.
For a few months in 1066.
King Harold became king after Edward the Confessor died
On January 5th, 1066, Edward the Confessor, King of England, died. Harold Godwinson was crowned King Harold II the next day