Battle o Hastings
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Coordinates: 50°54′43″N 0°29′15″E / 50.91194°N 0.48750°E
Battle o Hastings | |||||||
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Pairt o the Norman conquest o Ingland | |||||||
Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "Keeng Harold wis killed". Scene frae the Bayeux Tapestry depictin the Battle o Hastings an the daith o Harold. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Normans | English | ||||||
Commanders an leaders | |||||||
William o Normandy Alan the Reid William fitzOsbern Eustace II, Coont o Boulogne |
Harold Godwinson † Gyrth Godwinson † Leofwine Godwinson † | ||||||
Strenth | |||||||
Unkent, estimates range frae 7,000 tae 12,000 | Unkent, estimates range frae 5,000 tae 13,000 |
The Battle o Hastings[a] wis focht on 14 October 1066 atween the Norman-French airmy o William, the Duke o Normandy, an an Inglis airmy unner the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginnin the Norman conquest o Ingland.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ Auld Inglis: Beadu Hǣstingum or Norman: Batâle dé Hastings
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