The Battle of Hastings

After Alfred died, the kings of the Saxons kept fighting off the viking's invasions. Finally, in a country called Normandy ( across the English channel ), was a duke named William. He married a Saxon princess and wanted to be king of England. But a man named Harold had just become the king of England. So William told Harold to let him be king of England, and Harold said no. So William gathered his army and prepared them for invasion. He put them on boats and started to sail across the English channel. Harold also got his army, but when he got to the hill at Hastings were the battle would be, his men were super tired, unlike William's men. When the battle started the battle seemed to fail, even though Harold's men were tired. William got knocked off his horse! Then the Normans said, "The king is dead, the king is dead!" But then William got up, and the battle continued. Harold got hit in the eye with an arrow, and died. William then won the battle and was renamed William the conquerer, the only king that had conquered England.