Directed by Icelandic filmmaker Baltasar Kormákur, King & Conqueror tells the story of Harold, Earl of Wessex (played by ...

He didn't have any children so left no heir. After Edward's death, the Witan, the Anglo-Saxon council, chose Earl Harold of Wessex as the next king. Duke William of Normandy was angry because he ...

In a new BBC drama, James Norton and Game Of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will play the 11th century rulers Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy. And we ...

Newcastle University announced the discovery of Harold Godwinson's – aka King Harold II – residence in Bosham, a village on the coast of West Sussex, England, according to a news release ...

Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne found themselves forced by circumstance ...

Icelandic helmer Baltasar Kormákur directed the first episode and was heavily involved in the series, which brings an historical tale of Harold, Earl of Wessex (Norton), and William, Duke of ...

There's nothing we love more than a new period drama on the BBC, particularly when it has an all-star cast featuring the likes of James Norton, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau and Clémence Poésy.