Why did the death of Edward the Confessor spark a succession crisis?

  Medieval History

A succession crisis was sparked following the death of Edward the Confessor, the last Anglo-Saxon king of England.

Medieval, Normans, William the Conqueror, William of Normandy, Harold Godwinson, Anglo-Saxon, England, Vikings, Harald Hardrada, Edward the Confessor

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