Harold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy animal actor With a coat of arms

With a coat of arms above the doorway

The Ljungby horn and pipe

Having been ordered to London

a razor in the other and carrying a shaving dish under one arm

Harold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy animal actor With a coat of armsHarold II swears fidelity to Duke William of Normandy, 1064 (1864). Harold (c1020 1066) swearing an oath on sacred relics before William of Normandy (1028 1087) to support his claim to the English throne on the death of Edward the Confessor. Harold's failure to honour this oath led to William invading England in 1066 in pursuit of his claim. He defeated Harold at the Battle of Hastings. Harold, the last Anglo Saxon king of England, was killed in the