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The '''[[Normans|Norman]] invasion of [[England]]''' occurred with the landing of an army of Normans at [[Pevensey]], [[England]] in late September 1066. With the death of [[Edward the Confessor]] in January 1066, King [[Harold II Godwinson|Harold Godwinson]] assumed the throne of England. Duke [[William I of England|William]] of [[Normandy]] disputed his right and so gathered his forces in preparation for war. William 'the Conqueror' won the [[Battle of Hastings]], definitively marking the victory of the invaders.  At this stage, it was just one king succeding another.  In 1069 an uprising prompted William to settle his Norman followers as the lords of England.
The '''[[Normans|Norman]] invasion of [[England]]''' occurred with the landing of an army of Normans at [[Pevensey]], [[England]] in late September 1066. With the death of [[Edward the Confessor]] in January 1066, King [[Harold II Godwinson|Harold Godwinson]] assumed the throne of England. Duke [[William I of England|William]] of [[Normandy]] disputed his right and so gathered his forces in preparation for war. William 'the Conqueror' won the [[Battle of Hastings]], definitively marking the victory of the invaders.  At this stage, it was just one king succeding another.  In 1069 an uprising prompted William to settle his Norman followers as the lords of England.[[Category:Suggestion Bot Tag]]

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The Norman invasion of England occurred with the landing of an army of Normans at Pevensey, England in late September 1066. With the death of Edward the Confessor in January 1066, King Harold Godwinson assumed the throne of England. Duke William of Normandy disputed his right and so gathered his forces in preparation for war. William 'the Conqueror' won the Battle of Hastings, definitively marking the victory of the invaders. At this stage, it was just one king succeding another. In 1069 an uprising prompted William to settle his Norman followers as the lords of England.