Toscead betweox fadungum "Harold Gōdwines sunu"
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Invading what is now Yorkshire ([[Ebōraconscīr]]) in [[September]], [[1066]], Harald Hardrada and Tostig defeated the English earls [[Edwin, Earl of Mercia|Edwin]] of [[Mercia]] and Morcar of Northumbria at the [[Battle of Fulford]] near [[Eoforwic]] ([[20 Hāligmōnaþ]]), but were in turn defeated and slain by Haroldes here five days later at the [[Battle of Stamford Bridge]] ([[25 Hāligmōnaþ]]).
Harold now forced his army to march 240 miles to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7000 men in [[Sussex, England|Sussex]], southern England three days later on [[28 Hāligmōnaþ]]. Harold established his army in hastily built [[earthworks (engineering)|earthworks]] near [[Hastings]]. The two armies clashed near [[Battle of Hastings|Hastings]] on [[14 Winterfylleþ]], where after a hard fight Harold was killed and his forces routed. According to tradition, and as depicted in the [[Bayeux Tapestry]], Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye. Whether he did, indeed, die in this manner (a death associated in the middle ages with perjurers), or was killed by
Harold's daughter [[Gytha of Wessex]] married [[Vladimir Monomakh]] [[Grand Duke#Russian Grand Dukes|Grand Duke]] ([[Kniaz|Velikii Kniaz]]) of [[Kievan Rus']] and is ancestor to dynasties of [[Galicia]], [[Smolensk]] and [[Yaroslavl]], whose scions include [[Modest Mussorgsky]] and [[Peter Kropotkin]].
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