Starter quiz
- A ______ is a person who declares their belief that they have a right to something.
- 'claimant' ✓
- ______ is a prince of royal blood.
- 'Aethling' ✓
- Who did the Witan nominate to be their leader?
- Duke William of Normandy
- Edgar the Aethling
- Harald Hardrada
- Harold Godwinson ✓
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- Why was there no heir to succeed the throne of Edward the Confessor?
- Harold Godwinson had exiled the son of Edward the Confessor.
- Edward and his wife, Edith, had no children. ✓
- The legitimate heir had renounced their claim to the throne.
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- What did Harold Godwinson discover a few weeks after his coronation?
- that William was building a fleet of ships to invade England ✓
- that Edgar the Aethling was building a fleet of ships to invade England
- that Harald Hardrada was building a fleet of ships to invade England
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- What gave William, Duke of Normandy, religious legitimacy in his claim to the throne?
- William then convinced the Pope to support his claim as well. ✓
- William had been made a saint by the Pope.
- William was a generous donor to Westminster Abbey.
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