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By right of conquest: After the death of Edward the confessor, there were 3 candidates for king : Harold II, Harald Hardrada and William the conqueror. As Harold was Edward's brother-in-law, he became king. William and Harald were annoyed. They both set about gathering there own armies. Harald arrived first in the north. He was beaten by Harold. But while this was happening William arrived in the south, Hastings to be exact. By the time Harold's troops reached Hastings, his army was weak. They were fighting a losing battle. They retreated up the hill and Harold was killed. William became king on Christmas Day.

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he was a great leader and he made castles to stop bandits and so the towns thouk would behave, and he was good with polotics

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