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  1. 11018Godwin Appointed an Earl by King Cnut
  2. 21019Earl Godwin appointed "Dux et Baiulus of almost all the kingdom" - acting as regent while Cnut was in Scandinavia
  3. 31019Earl Godwin Married Gytha (Cnut's Sister)
  4. 41035King Cnut dies.
    Succession Crisis- Harthacnut vs. Harefoot
    Godwin supported Harthacnut but had to switch alliances
  5. 51036Edward and brother Alfred land in England to meet their mother Emma but turned back. Alfred and supporters were captured, tortured and murdered by Godwin.
  6. 61040Harthacnut becomes King
  7. 71042Harthacnut dies from drinking at a wedding party.
    Beginning of Edward's reign.
  8. 81043Godwin's sons Harold&Leofric and nephew Beorn give earldoms by Edward.
  9. 91044+5Edward Commanded the fleet at Sandwich
  10. 101044+5Edward uses Godwin's scandinavian connections to prevent invasions from King Magnus of Norway
  11. 111045Edward marries Edith - Godwin's daughter
  12. 121046Earl Sweyn abducts the abbess of Leominster
  13. 131047Earl Sweyn stripped of his earldom and exiled
  14. 141047Edwards overruled Godwin's advice to send fleet to Sweyn Estridsson fighting King Magnus - FIRST RECORDED DISAGREEMENT
  15. 151048+9Scandinavian Pirates raid the south coast of England
  16. 161048Sweyn returns in the hope that he could regain his earldom but instead kills Beorn and becomes an outlaw.
  17. 171050Sweyn Pardoned and Restored to all of his titles and Land
  18. 181051Edward disbands mercenary fleet, allowing him to stop collecting the geld
  19. 191051Expulsion of Godwin family following dispute over the appointment of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Robert of Jumieges was appointed)
  20. 201051Anglo-Saxon chronicles claim that Godwin "ruled the king and all England"
  21. 211052Possible visit by Duke William to King Edward, may have been when Edward offered throne to Duke William as Norman sources claim.
  22. 221052Return of the Godwins, Met forces with Edward who was teamed with Siward and Leofric.
    Edwards men refuse to fight for him so Edward was forced to forgive and reinstate them to lands and titles
  23. 231055Harold displayed good military leadership at Herefordshire negotiating with Aelfgar
  24. 241057Edward the exile was invited to return to England as a possible heir but died shortly after arriving
  25. 251057Gyrth and Leofwine appointed earls (Godwin's son's)
  26. 261057From 1057, King Edward increasingly delegated matters of statecraft to Harold, who acted with the authority of the king.
  27. 271062/3Harold (With Tostig) Lead the royal army in its successful campaigns against King Gryffydd in North Wales
  28. 281064/5Harold possibly goes to normandy to pledge an oath of fealty to William
  29. 291065Northumbrian rebellion: against Tostig's stern rule and oppressive taxes.
    Edwards army wouldn't fight for him to crush the rebellion.
    Tostig removed from his earldom
  30. 301066Death of Edward the Confessor
  31. 311066Battle of Hastings
  32. 321066Succession Crisis:
    Harold, William, Harald Hadrada
    apparently appoints Harold on his deathbed and supported by the witan
  33. 331066On 24 September, King Harold’s army took the Norwegians by surprise and destroyed Hardrada’s army at Stamford Bridge.
  34. 341066Harold Marched force marched his army on a journey of 220 miles in 4 days from Stamford Bridge to London to apprehend William's army. Fatigue must have been an issue.
  35. 351067William poses a high geld and allows army to plunder.
  36. 361066Witan appoints Edgar Aetheling as king after Harold dies during the battle of Hastings.
  37. 371067Sons of Harold raid bristol from their base in Ireland
  38. 381067Edgar Aetheling flees to Scotland
  39. 391068Exeter rebellion - supported by Gytha
  40. 401068Castle built in exeter to prevent further rebellions there
  41. 411068Northumbrian rebellion led by Edwin and Morcar supported by Edgar Aetheling - William's army react fast, rebels disperse and avoid battle with William's army
  42. 421068William builds York castle
  43. 431068Sons of Harold invade the Southwest with 64 Ships - defeated by Anglo-Saxons (Eadnoth the Staller) at the BATTLE OF BLEADON
  44. 441068Eadric the Wild raids Hereford with Prince Bleddyn
  45. 451069Eadric the Wild and Bleddyn invade for a second time but cannot take Shrewsbury castle
  46. 461069Northumbrian rebellion (led by Earl Waltheof and Edgar Aetheling) - Take York castle after garrison sets fire to the town
  47. 471069Danish join the Northumbrian rebels with 240 warships
  48. 481069William negotiates with danes and convinces them to leave rebellion in return for treasure and permission to forage the south coast of England
  49. 491069Harrying of the North
  50. 501070Hereward the Wake and army loot Peterborough Abbey
  51. 511070Danes negotiate again and leave - ship sinks on way home
  52. 521071Edwin and Morcar (north) try to join Hereward in Ely (The south) but Edwin "treacherously slain by his own men" before arriving and William negotiated with Morcar to abandon rebellion.
  53. 531073Eadric the Wild joined William's army in return for treasure
  54. 541072King Malcolm (Scotland) avoids battle with William
  55. 551072King Malcolm expels Edgar Aetheling

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