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I apologise if the title is slightly misleading. I used the comparison of Aurelian defeating the Palmyrene and Gallic Empires with the idea of Harold Godwin defeating both the Norwegian and Norman invasions.

Last week was the 950th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, and recently there was a thread asking what might happen if both Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy died during that battle. Previous threads asked what might happen if Harold had won instead of William, and people seem to think Harold would go down in history as one of the greatest English kings if he had won.

However, I'm here to posit a different outcome. What if Harold wins the Battle of Hastings but ends up assassinated at least a year afterwards, like Aurelian ended up being assassinated IOTL? The witenagamot had elected him as King because of the impending invasions by Harald Hardrada and William of Normandy. But they had originally wanted to elect Edgar the Atheling. They did so IOTL immediately after Harold's death, and ITTL they might consider putting him on the throne now that the danger had passed. Of course, there are other potential claimants/dangers - Sweyn II of Denmark, Malcolm III of Scotland, Harald Hardrada's sons, the Welsh, Harold's sons and possibly William of Normandy's sons.

Any thoughts?
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