Assassination of William Longsword
942 · Event
The Duke of Normandy is cut down on an island in the Somme by men of the Count of Flanders, with whom he had come to parley.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, France, Master
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- Edward the Confessor dies without an heir (1066)
- Harold Godwinson is crowned king of England (1066)
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- Harold swears an oath to William (1064)
- Harrying of the North (1069)
- Edward the Confessor names William his heir (1051)
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