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An illustration of Matilda of Flanders, queen consort of William the Conqueror. As queen after the Norman Conquest, Matilda played a key political role.

The conqueror’s queen: meet the real Matilda of Flanders

William the Conqueror: life of the week

Illustration of Emma of Normandy and two of her children

King and Conqueror’s most gruesome death should never have happened and would be “totally out of character”

A drawing of a king holding a crown on his head, against a black and white image of a church

Far away from England, the mystery of Harold Godwinson's lost crown might have just been solved

A woman in a grey cloak holds a swaddled infant to her shoulder

Edith the Fair: the life of Harold Godwinson’s first wife

Luther Ford as Tostig Godwinson in BBC drama King and Conqueror

How Tostig Godwinson’s brotherly betrayal hastened the fall of the Anglo-Saxons

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror in BBC Norman Conquest drama King and Conqueror

How historically accurate is King and Conqueror? Here’s the real history that should have happened

This posthumous portrait of William I, known as the Conqueror, was painted c.1590–1610 and is held by the National Portrait Gallery, London. Though created centuries after his death, it reflects early modern interest in the legacy of England’s first Norman monarch. (Photo by Getty Images)

Meet the real William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy who reshaped England

Illustrations of Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror

How well did Harold Godwinson and William the Conqueror know each other prior to the battle of Hastings?

A collage of four images, depicting four different kings against a blue background

1066: who was the rightful king?

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Normans sailing across the channel

The Bayeux Tapestry: a political football for 900 years

Thomas Becket: life of week

Members of the Nazi party examining the Bayeux Tapestry.

Second World War

The strange story of the Nazi obsession with this legendary artefact still isn't over

The coronation of Harold Godwinson as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry

Is this toilet the ultimate Anglo-Saxon status symbol? Inside Harold II’s ‘ensuite’

A collage showing historical babies. Edward VI as a baby, Edward VIII as a baby, and a depiction of the baby Jesus.

Historical baby names: a guide to baby name trends from the Anglo-Saxons to today

Dismemberment & disgrace: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort

Shield of the English version of the British royal coat of arms, with the motto 'Dieu at Mon Droit'

Q&AWhat is the meaning of the British Royal Family’s motto?

The river Brathay finding its way to Elder Water lake during a sunny Autumn morning (Photo by Daniel Bosma/Getty)

The second Norman conquest: how William Rufus captured a forgotten kingdom

Video podcastLife of the Week: Harold Godwinson (Harold II)

Matilda of Scotland: the queen behind the veil

Anglo-Saxon thegns

Q&AWho was Eadnoth the Staller?

Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry HistoryExtra podcast series title card

The Bayeux TapestryUnravel its secrets

British castles: everything you wanted to know

Scene of knights in battle, detail from Bayeux tapestry or tapestry of Queen Matilda, France, 11th century

The NormansWho were they & why did they invade England?

Roger II of Sicily, depicted in an Arabic-style image in the Palatine Chapel of the Norman Palace in Palermo

Normans in AfricaThe 12th-century attempt to forge a north-African Norman kingdom

The Norman kings of Africa

Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen

HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanHastings to Magna Carta (1066–1215)

Children of the Norman Conquest

The Normans: beyond 1066