battle of Hastings

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battle of Hastings - the decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest

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Norman Conquest - the invasion and settlement of England by the Normans following the battle of Hastings (1066)

England - a division of the United Kingdom

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