He had been crowned on 6 January 1066 following the death of King Edward the Confessor. King Harold hadn’t had an easy time of it as King of England!
Images of the re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings on the battlefield at Battle (2015). Look at the gallery below and see if you can identify the following: Some genealogists believe that as much as 25% of the English population is descended from William the Conqueror. It’s considered a very important piece of historical evidence as it has a lot of information about the battle on it. 
The Bayeux Tapestry can be found in a museum in Normandy. The story of the Battle of Hastings was put onto a piece of tapestry called the Bayeux Tapestry. The Normans were from Normandy, now a part of modern France. The town of Battle and its abbey have taken their name from one of the most famous battles in English history. He placed the high altar on the spot where King Harold fell. 
William apparently promised he would build an abbey if he won the battle and he did exactly that following his victory. Starting at dawn and finishing at dusk, the bloody battle lasted for over nine hours. William of Normandy was apparently knocked off his horse at some point during the battle!. Once they had lost their King, many of the English ran away. 
King Harold was killed by the Norman soldiers. Some Saxons followed them allowing the remaining Norman soldiers to attack the weak points left in the shield wall. The Normans made a winning move when they pretended to retreat. The shields all overlapped each other to provide the best kind of protection from all the Normans' flying arrows! They stood in a long line, putting their shields in front of them in defence (this was known as a shield wall). The battle was fought on a hill! The English army started the battle at the top of the hill and the Normans started at the bottom. Many of the people who lived in England at the time of the battle were known as Anglo-Saxons.
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