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There are many myths around the Battle of Hastings. The first is that it was Instead of being a contest for the English crown of England between two rival claimants, in fact, the battle it was an illegitimate bid for power by the Norman king William who has only at best had a tenuous weak claim. Then there is to the incorrect belief that the march of the Anglo-Saxon army was the main reason for the defeat of Harold’s armyEnglish throne. In factNext, the Harold's army was rested before did not lose the battle that was fought on that late Autumn day. Then there is the widespread assumption that because of a forced march, nor did Harold's death turn the death tide of war, because he died after the English king was responsible for Normans had taken the Norman victoryadvantage. The brilliant strategy of a William's feigned retreat gave William I was brilliant that led to a decisive victory. The accepted version of the death of Harold II is that he was killed by an arrow to the eye, but in truthFinally, no-one knows for certain how he died. Another common misconception is that William’s victory in 1066 ended all English did not resistance and in reality, it was to be at least the Norman invaders. English rebels fought for another four years before he controlled all of his new realmWilliam consolidated control over England.