Harold II Timeline

1022

Harold is born

1051

Exiled

1062

Secures border with Wales

1064

Harold allegedly swears to support William the Conqueror’s claim to the English throne

1065

Harold’s brother Tostig loses his title of Earl of Northumbria

1066

7th January - Harold is crowned at Westminster Abbey
25th September - Battle of Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire
14th October - dies at the Battle of Hastings