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Question 1

Who was the King before Harold Godwinson?

Answer 1

Edward the Confessor

Question 2

Who was the Earl of Northumbria that got overthrown by the Northumbria local thegns?
Clue: he was Harold Godwinson’s brother

Answer 2

Tostig Godwinson

Question 3

What was the name of Harold Godwinson’s younger brother who was also the Earl of East Anglia

Answer 3

Gyrth Godwinson

Question 4

Who did Edward the Confessor marry?

Answer 4

Edith Godwinson, sister of Harold Godwinson

Question 5

Who were the four possible successors of Edward the confessor (died in January 1066) and what were their claims to the throne?

Answer 5

Harold Godwinson
Had been promised to him in the King’s deathbed (there were witnesses of this)
Rich
Family controlled lots of land
Had lots of support

Harold Hardrada
Secret Viking deal
Had lots of ships and military

William of Normandy
was already king of Normandy
Based on a deal with Edward the confessor (thought to have been forced into)

Edgar Aethling
Nephew of Edward

Question 6

Who succeeded Edward the Confessor appointed by the Witan?

Answer 6

Harold Godwinson

Question 7

Who was fighting at gate fulford?

Answer 7

Attackers: Harold Hardrada and Tostig
Defenders: Edwin and Morcar

Question 8

Who won at the battle of Gate Fulford?

Answer 8

Harold Hardrada and Tostig

Question 9

What were the positions of Edwin and Morcar?

Answer 9

Earls of Mercia and Northumbria

Question 10

Why did Tostig revolt?

Answer 10

Because he was angry that his brother had taken part in him getting overthrown as Earl of Northumbria.

Question 11

Who was fighting at the battle of stamford bridge?

Answer 11

attackers: Hardrada and tostig
defender: harold godwinson

Question 12

Who won at Stamford Bridge?

Answer 12

Harold Godwinson
Hardrada and Tostig were slain

Question 13

Who was fighting at Stamford bridge?

Answer 13

attacker: William of Normandy
Defender: Harold Hardrada

Question 14

Who won the battle of Battle of Hastings?

Answer 14

William of Normandy

Question 15

Who succeeded Harold Godwinson?

Answer 15

Edgar Aethling

Question 16

What was the other name of William of Normandy?

Answer 16

William the Conqueror

Question 17

Who was bishop of Cantebury in 1066?

Answer 17

Stigand

Question 18

Who however submitted to the Normans after Edgar Aethling was crowned King?

Answer 18

The earls (Submission of the Earls)

Question 19

Who received Kent as a reward of his loyalty to King William?

Answer 19

His half brother, Odo who who was already bishop of Bayeux

Question 20

Who revolted in 1068 and why?

Answer 20

Edwin and Morcar.
loss of land
Normans were being tyrants and unfairly seizing land from Anglo Saxons
William was using English wealth to benefit Normandy
Castles were being built to remind Anglo Saxons that the Normans had taken over
Edwin- had been promised the hand of William’s daughter but William went back on his word
Morcar- Earldom had been shrunk

Question 21

Who rebelled in the North in 1066?

Answer 21

Edgar Aethling
Danish fleet sent by King Sweyn

Question 22

Who was fighting William at Peterborough?

Answer 22

The Danish King Sweyn and Hereward

Question 23

Who were the conspirators in the revolt of the earls 1075?

Answer 23

Ralph de Gael, Earl of east Anglia- Norman
Waltheof, Earl of Northumbria- Saxon
Roger de Breteuil, Earl of Hereford

Question 24

Who was the archbishop after Stigand?

Answer 24

Lafranc

Question 25

What were the main points of the Lafranc reform?

Answer 25

That church leaders should live a Munk life (spiritual life with no marriage or family)
That the Church should be separate from everyday life: exp- had their own courts

Question 26

Who was the head of the Church, archbishop of Cantebury?

Answer 26

Lafranc

Question 27

What was the name of William’s son?

Answer 27

Robert

Question 28

What was the relationship of William and his son like?

Answer 28

Robert Curthose and his father had a bad relationship. He was the eldest of William’s children and was mocked by his father. After getting mad his father did not punish his younger brothers with severity after they pranked him Robert and his men tried to take over the castle but fled when William wanted them arrested and led his men up against his son Robert fled to Flanders (France) where William’s enemy the gave Robert a castle on the border of France. He grew furious when he found out his wife Matilda had been sending Robert money behind his back. At a battle Robert and William fought each other but when Williams horse was slain and he was defenceless on the floor Robert gave his father his own horse and ordered him to flied the battle. Matilda made them reconcile at Easter in 1080 where William again made Robert the heir to Normandy.

Question 29

Who was the successor of William and who did he want to be the successor for the throne?

Answer 29

Robert was his successor as Duke of Normandy. He wanted his favourite son William Rufus to become King

Question 30

Who brought back the letters with William’s instructions of who was to become the next kind

Answer 30

William Rufus

Question 31

Who did Lafranc crown without asking advice from anyone else the next King of England in 1087?

Answer 31

William the 2nd

Question 32

Who claimed to be the rightful heir to the throne of England after William the 2nd was crowned King and what was his claim?

Answer 32

Robert claimed that as the first son of the King he was entitled to all his father’s titles and land

Question 33

Who rebelled in support of Robert, Duke of Normandy’s claim to the throne?

Answer 33

Odo who had escaped prison in 1087 and Robert Mortain William the Conqueror’s other brother.

Question 34

Why did Odo and Robert Mortain want Robert crowned King?

Answer 34

They thought he was softer and easier to control

Question 35

Who won in Odo’s rebellion?

Answer 35

William the 2nd