The Battle of Fulford took place at the village of Fulford, near York in England on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's banished brother. He had allied with King Harald of Norway and possibly Duke William of Normandy but history has left us no record of what role Tostig saw for himself if the invasi...
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The Battle of Fulford took place at the village of Fulford, near York in England on 20 September 1066, when King Harald III of Norway Hardrada and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar. Tostig was Harold Godwinson's banished brother. He had allied with King Harald of Norway and possibly Duke William of Normandy but history has left us no record of what role Tostig saw for himself if the invasions were successful. Tostig was opposed by Earl Morcar who had displaced him as Earl of Northumbria.
When the Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor died in 1066 without an heir, Earl Harold Godwinson was selected to be the new king by the powerful people of the land (Witenagemot) who had gathered at Thorney where Edward's West Minster was dedicated days before he died.
In early September 1066, Hardrada set sail from Norway with 500 ships. As he approached the English coast, his fleet was joined by Tostig's ships and they sailed together along...
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