Title

Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1864). Artist: James William Edmund Doyle

Caption

Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1864). Harold II (c1022-1066) was nominated as his successor as King of Angles and Saxons by Edward the Confessor. His claim to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy, however, who landed at Pevensey, Sussex with an army on 28 September 1066. William and Harold's armies met in battle on Senlac Hill, 6 miles inland from Hastings, on 14 October, with the Normans winning the day. According to legend, Harold was killed by an arrow which struck him in the eye. From a private collection.
Historica Graphica Collection

Date

1842

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection

Reference

HRM19D75_087

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

40,1Mb (3,0Mb) / 14,2in x 11,0in / 4251 x 3299 (300dpi)

Keywords

England people male man men country monarch guy arrow tool weapon weapons English color colour king royal death armour war warrior location century sword soldiers soldier wound royalty swords SHIELD concept battle killing axe wounded warfare East Sussex 19th century battlefield weaponry nineteenth century 11th century Battle of Hastings battle-axe Norman Conquest sovereign TGN King Harold II King of England Duke of Normandy lithograph Eleventh Century William the Conqueror William I King William I William of Normandy William James William Edmund Doyle James Doyle Historica Graphica Collection Harold II Harold Godwineson Harold Godwinson Doyle James William Edmund William the Conqueror lithograph