[DOC] [TLE] William the Conqueror - Wikipedia [PAR] William I usually known as William the Conqueror and sometimes William the 
Bastard, was the ... William built a large fleet and invaded England in September 
1066, .... brother Richard III, who had only succeeded to the title the previous year
. ... been briefly betrothed to a daughter of King Cnut, but no marriage took place. [DOC] [TLE] Edward the Confessor - Wikipedia [PAR] Edward the Confessor also known as Saint Edward the Confessor, was among 
the last ... Saint Edward was one of England's national saints until King Edward III 
adopted ... 1 Early years and exile; 2 Early reign; 3 The crisis of 10511052; 4 
Later ..... promise, but argued that Edward's prior promise to him took precedence
. [DOC] [TLE] Harold Godwinson - Wikipedia [PAR] Harold Godwinson or Harold II was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. Harold 
reigned from ... When in 1051 Earl Godwin was sent into exile, Harold 
accompanied his ... Later Norman chroniclers suggest alternative explanations 
for Harold's .... li Normant ("History of the Normans"), written only twenty years 
after the battle... [DOC] [TLE] Harold Godwinsson (1022 - 1066) - Genealogy - Geni [PAR] Sep 25, 2016 ... Historical records matching Harold Godwinsson, King of England .... Harold 
returned south, but meanwhile Duke William's army had set sail .... He and his 
brothers may later have taken refuge with Svend II Estrithsen King of Denmark. 
..... The tale is told only by the Norman writers, and it is told by them with... [DOC] [TLE] William "The Conqueror" FitzRobert, I (1024 - 1087) - Genealogy [PAR] 5 days ago ... Occupation: King of England, Duke of Normandy, The Conqueror of England .... 
as successor to the English crown (according to the portrayal of the event ... After 
taking several years to subdue the whole country, he imposed the Norman .... 
Duke Guillaume betrothed his daughter Adelise to Harold, in a later... [DOC] [TLE] Was William the Conqueror's claim to the throne of England ... - Reddit [PAR] Nov 17, 2015 ... 15 points  3 comments ... William I was the only son of Robert I, Duke of 
Normandy. ... In 1051, King Edward of England (Edward the Confessor) had ... 
but supposedly Edward had promised Harold Godwinson the title of King on his 
... the Norman Conquest, as he took the crown by conquest as an invader,... [DOC] [TLE] The Normans: Their history, arms and tactics - Albion Swords [PAR] Not only have I had a life-long interest in the Normans themselves but I have also 
.... Unlike the conquest of England the Italian enterprise did not occur in .... Two 
years later Robert also ascended to the position of duke of Apulia and Calabria. 
.... as an exile in Normandy and was probably more Norman at heart than Saxon. [DOC] [TLE] Fitzwilliam Museum: Coins and Medals - The Normans [PAR] He visited England in 1051, and later claimed that the Anglo-Saxon king Edward 
... II took the throne in 1066 William immediately planned an invasion of England, 
... of Hastings was only the beginning of the Norman Conquest of England and of 
... of money, but many individual finds of coins of Henry I found in recent years... [DOC] [TLE] King William Normandy ENGLAND, I - Geneal.net [PAR] "A crisis came in the year 1051, when the Norman party and Court ... Very likely 
King Edward promised that William should be his heir..." ... Duke Robert died 
when William was only seven, and in those harsh times a ... But the Duuke 
looked forward to his future succession to the English crown. .... William took 
precautions. [DOC] [TLE] How confident was William of Normandy before ... - Hodder Education [PAR] During the 1030s a young English lord called Edward arrived in Normandy. ... 
Edward promised in 1051 that William would be his successor as king. ... 
England. According to the story William told later, Harold promised to help ... not 
say what oath Harold took, but Norman chronicles say that Harold's oath was a 
promise to. [DOC]

Question: This Norman lord was probably promised the English crown in 1051, but only took it 15 years later
Answer: William The Conqueror