This tapestry was first recorded in 1476 as part of the inventory of the Bayeux Cathedral, but it was likely commissioned in ...

The first documented coronation at Westminster was that of William the Conqueror on 25th December 1066. Before this year there had been no fixed location for the ceremony. Edward the Confessor does ...

William of Normandy, known as 'the Conqueror', was born at Falaise in 1027 ... who was descended from Alfred the Great. Her separate coronation took place in 1068. She was buried at the Abbey she had ...

What is it? There's one historical artefact that tells us exactly why William the Conqueror thought he should be King of England. It's over 230 feet long and over 900 years old. Its the Bayeux ...

For this reason, he is often called William the Conqueror. Scenes on the tapestry ... And at Harold's coronation, the tapestry includes a star with a streaming tail — the first known depiction ...