william the conqueror

Young and Invaded The Tales of Edgar Ætheling (Sourced from the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle at Winchester) Edward talking to Edgar, as shown in the Gloucester Tapestry Chapter 1: The Day Edgar was thirteen on 'the day'. He went to visit his uncle, Edward the Confessor, he wanted to talk to Edgar...

On this forum I have sometimes seen scenarios where England is split between William and Harald or someone else. Creating a norman England like OTL in the south and a scandinavian-influenced anglosaxon England in the north as it was before the conquest. Is this a plausible development? I kind of...

In 1066, King Edward the Confessor died childless, and Harold Godwinson claimed that he was named king. When William the Bastard heard of the succession, he raised an army and fleet to sail on England. In Norway, Harald Hardrada also claimed the throne, his reason was that the Danish king had...

Is there any scenario where King Edgar II keeps the throne instead of William I of England in 1066.

What if, by some miracle, Harold Godwinson beat both the Vikings and Normans in 1066? Or because both is unlikely, maybe William can't get the pope to legitimize his claim and therefore can't attack without serious trouble from the king of France without the resources of a kingdom to protect...

Let's say that our dear friend William of Normandy takes a trip off of a parapet, or is attacked in his bed by a snake, or is shot from behind a grassy knoll while on a hunting trip, or some such. Let's just removed him from the picture before Edward the Confessor, too, kicks the bucket. We're...

The Norman army sets sail a month earlier and lands in Pevensey on the 28th of August. Two weeks later King Harold the Second of England meets Duke William of Normandy just outside of Hastings on September the 14th and achieves a decisive victory. Duke William is dead and his army limps back to...

Here's a scenario: Stamford Bridge results in a victory for the Norwegians, and Harold Godwinson falls in battle. Harald Hardrada emerges victorious from the battle, and subsequently occupies York before marching south. Meanwhile, in London, the Witan has assembled to choose a new monarch...

In 1120, the White Ship left port at Barfleur, Normandy and set off across the Channel. A few hours out of port it strikes a rock and swiftly sinks, killing almost everyone on board- including the heir and spares of Henry I of England, leading directly to the Anarchy. In 1066, only 54 years...

WILLIAM OF SHREWSBURY THE HISTORY OF RICHARD, DUKE OF NORMANDY AND KING OF THE ENGLISH Icon of William of Shrewsbury PREFACE The following Books will endeavour to chronicle the history of the reign of King Richard of England [1], with the addition of whatever in his time, happened...

So, let's say he decisively wins the battle of Stamford bridge, kills Harold Godwinson. Then he defeats William the Conqueror in battle. What would occur? Would he occupy England for himself or give the throne to Tostig? If he had conquered England what would change?

It's the 14th of October, 1066 at Hastings. The now legendary Battle of Hastings rages on. As we know, at one point in the battle, William was believed by his troops to have been struck down, and to prevent his army from going into a full panicked retreat, William raised his helmet to show his...

The Shielding of Engla Land against the Normishmen (A brief Harold victory TL in "Anglish") In the Year 1066 of our Lord, the King of Engla Land, Harold the Stalwart of the House Godwinson (and the Twain of that Name), was cast by great onslaughts from two unlike foes, threatening the fate of...

In the English Channel? I know that the Channel often has rough weather, and historically, the Normans landed on the 26th of October, very late in the year. It is known that the Normans tried to cross the Channel earlier, and were not able to, though we do not know why. If William's army is...

Prologue: The Brief Dawn The sun rose majestically over the raven-specked battlefield, slowly ripening the corpses of thousands of young men who had died on that hill the day before. Local villagers and survivors from the losing army had already begun to stagger, dazed and confused, around the...