Ua manaʻo ʻo William, ke Duke o Normandy - ka mea i loaʻa i ka inoa ʻo William the Conqueror ma hope aku, nona ka noho aliʻi o ʻEnelani a ʻaʻole i ka mōʻī Pelekane ʻEnelani ʻEnelani-Sakona i hoʻonoho hou ʻia ʻo Harold Godwinson. Ma kahi o ʻelua pule ma hope o ka pae kūleʻa ʻana i kahi pūʻali koa nui ma Pevensey, kokoke i Hastings, ua kū ʻo William me Harold i ke kaua.