The 3 Claimants to the Throne

Harold Hadrada
1. Should be King
  1. He was related to a King
  2. He had good plans for the country
  3. He had lots of relatives around the globe that he could rely on
    1. He had more power
  4. He travelled around lots
    1. So he was used to it
  5. He knew how to run a country
  6. He joined forces with Tostig
  7. He had fought many battles so he had good tactics and a fearsome reputation
2. Shouldn't be King
  1. Could be away a lot
  2. Wanted to take England by force so that he could say that he had conquered it
  3. He wasn't English
  4. He wanted to change England
  5. He didn't know any of the traditions
  6. Relying on his Viking reputaton
Duke William of Normandy
1. Shouldn't be King
  1. He invaded England
    1. Should have negotiated with other contenders
  2. He wasn't English
    1. Foreign
      1. Communication problem
  3. It was a verbal promise-not written down or recorded in any way
    1. Not official
  4. He didn't know any of the traditions
  5. He provoked a war by invading England
2. Should be King
  1. He was also allegedly promise the throne by King Edward
    1. Respecting the King
  2. He helped King Edward and looked after his family
  3. He had enough supporters in his own country to fight
  4. Edward's supporters might support him because he had helped King Edward
  5. He had a readymade army so he didn't have to recruit
Harold Godwinson
1. Should be King
  1. Apparently it was King Edward's dying wish
    1. Was obeying the King
    2. Didn't want to disappoint the King
    3. If he was King, he would get the support of the Englishmen
  2. He was English
    1. He wasn't foreign
2. Shouldn't be King
  1. He may have been lying about King Edward
    1. King Edward might not have said what he meant
    2. It was not written down
      1. He could have lied
  2. Only himself and King Edward's wife, Edith were at the King's bedside and Edith was promised to him. If he told the people that , they would support him and not Edith, because she was a woman

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