noun
King of England who succeeded Edward the Confessor in 1066 and was the last of the Anglo-Saxon monarchs; he was killed fighting the invasion by William the Conqueror (1045-1066)
• Syn: ↑King Harold II
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑King of England, ↑King of Great Britain
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1022?-66, king of England 1066: defeated by William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastings (son of Earl Godwin).
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Harold II [Harold II]
(c. 1019–66) the last ↑Anglo-Saxon king of England. His army was defeated in 1066 at the Battle of ↑Hastings on the south coast of England by the ↑Norman army of ↑William the Conqueror. Harold died in the battle and William became King of England.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.