Alfred Ætheling is blinded
1036 · Event
Æthelred's younger son lands from Normandy, is seized by Earl Godwin's men, and is blinded at Ely, where he dies of his wounds.
On these timelines: Norman Conquest, England, Master, United Kingdom (combined)
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