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*** CLAIM TO THE THRONE ***
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Duke William's claim is from a promise
made in 1051.
According to Duke William, King Edward the Confessor promised him the throne. In the past, Normandy had looked after and helped King Edward's family. |
The promise of the throne was King Edward's way
of doing two things - repaying the help and solving the succession
problem.
Harold Godwinson
was not happy. He wanted to become King himself, and didn't want any
Normans beating him to it.
| King Edward knew Harold
Godwinson didn't agree.
Norman sources
say that Edward forced him to go to Normandy in 1064.
Harold had to swear an
oath to support William's
claim.
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