Harold Godwinso - The King of England

Newly appointed earl edwin of mercia had every incentive to maintain a close relationship with king gruffith, who was also his brother in law. Other nearby lords, including osborne fitzrichard, who was governing herefordshire, also had every reason to maintain aclose relationship with this king. So what we're seeing here isn't really a story of england versus wales. This is a story of dynasties and regional powers vying for control. And some of these rivalries were now very old and very deep. Land and money was at play everywhere,. But harold did have one thing going for him here, his personality. Historian frank barlow