Which English king won the Battle of Hastings in 1066?

William the Conqueror won the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

William was Duke of Normandy and claimed that England’s King Edward the Confessor had promised him the English throne. After Edward died, Harold Godwinson became king. William invaded England, and the armies met near Hastings in Sussex on 14 October 1066.

The battle ended with Harold’s death and a Norman victory. William was crowned king of England at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1066. His conquest brought major political, aristocratic, and cultural changes to England, including the replacement of much of the English nobility with Norman landholders.

The nickname “the Conqueror” was applied after his victory. The Bayeux Tapestry, an embroidered historical narrative probably produced soon afterward, depicts events leading to the Norman invasion and the battle.