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1066: Sailing Into the Storm
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
Harold Is the New King of England
edgar was the clear next choice, but it seems he had not really made much of an impression on anybody. The other obvious possibility we've already talked about was william of normandy who was a cousin once removed of edward through edward's mother emma. So these possibilities were probably in the air when the witon met, but they very quickly chose harold. Regardless of the validity of edward's supposed death bed pronouncement, it's clear that harold just had the most power and supporters within the court at westminster.
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