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Claimants to the throne (Harold Godwinson (Was Edward's brother-in…
Claimants to the throne
Edgar Aetheling
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No money, soldiers or military experience
Harald Hardrada
King Harthacanute said that Magnus, Hardrada's father, could take the throne if he died before Magnus.
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Had the support of Tostig (Harold Godwinson's brother) who was sacked from the role of Earl of Northumbria by Godwinson and was keen to reclaim power.
William, Duke of Normandy
Was the illegitimate son of Richard (D of Normandy) making him a distant cousin of Edward the Confessor
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