Harold II
Noun
Meaning
King of England who succeeded Edward the Confessor in 1066 and was the last of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs; he was killed fighting the invasion by William the Conqueror (1045-1066)
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“Clerical writers sometimes saw the injury as a divinely ordained punishment, with the ‘arrow in the eye’ which may or may not have been sustained by King Harold II on the battlefield of Hastings in 1066 the most famous case in point.
Essay included in King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry (2005), pages 35–52.
Essay included in King Harold II and the Bayeux Tapestry, pages 35–52.
Legend above: Harold rex interfectus est, "King Harold is killed" Detail of arrow Ubi unus clericus et Ælfgyva The tapestry contains several mysteries: * The identity of Harold II of England in the vignette depicting his death is disputed.
His personal standard was presented to William, Rex Harold II p. 253 and later sent to the papacy.
Richard was struck down in the conflict, making him the last English king to die in battle on home soil and the first since Harold II was killed at the Battle of Hastings in 1066.