William, Duke na Normandy - wanda daga baya ya sami lakabin William the Conqueror - ya yi imanin cewa gadon sarautar Ingila nasa ne kuma ba na Anglo-Saxon na Ingila da aka girka kwanan nan ba. Kimanin makonni biyu bayan samun nasarar saukar da wani babban runduna a Pevensey, kusa da Hastings, William ya fuskanci Harold a yaƙi.