Norman Conquest Contestants

Question 1

Edgar the atheling

Good

Answer 1

Nephews son

Closest blood relative

Question 2

Edgar

Bad

Answer 2

14 years old - too young

Can’t fight

Question 3

Harold Godwinson

Good

Answer 3

Powerful 
Rich
Commander of Edwards army
Chose him as king on the day of the burial
Crowned January 1066
Earl of Wessex - English baron
Sister queen married to Edward

Question 4

Harold Godwinson

Bad

Answer 4

Not blood relative
Captured in 1064 in Normandy by William 
Forced to take a oath promising to help William get the crown
Called an oath breaker 
Did not have the support of the pope

Question 5

William, Duke of Normandy

Good

Answer 5

Claimed Harold made an oath to help him get the crown - he was sworn on the most sacred of relics
Had support from the pope
Claimed Edward promised him the thrown

Question 6

William, Duke of Normandy

Bad

Answer 6

Not related to Edward
A foreigner
England was larger and richer then Normandy
His followers in Normandy needed to stay loyal to him

Question 7

Harald Hardrada, king or Norway

Good

Answer 7

Claimed to be an ancestor of King Cnut who once ruled England
Powerful king with a large army
Had the support of Tostig- Harold Godwinson’s younger brother

Question 8

Harald Hardrada, King of Norway

Bad

Answer 8

Not blood relative

It would be a difficult journey for him to get to London to seize power