Family Tree History & Research
Ancient History
Dietz-Pope Family Branch
The Battle of Hastings-13 October 1066
The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of William, the Duke of Normandy, and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson, beginning the Norman conquest of England. It took place approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings, close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex, and was a decisive Norman victory.
Many of my ancestral Great Grandfathers and Great Uncles and Cousins that I have discovered through my mother's line fought in this battle that changed the course of history for England and the entire world for all time, most of them being on the side of William.
The Norman influence on the world as we know it today is such that almost every facet of life has some Norman origin......Read on:
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Sunday, October 14, 2018
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