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Tostig

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Tostig [ˈtɒstɪg]
n
(Biographies / Tostig (death date: 1066) M, English, POLITICS: nobleman) died 1066, earl of Northumbria (1055-65), brother of King Harold II. He joined the Norwegian forces that invaded England in 1066 and died at Stamford Bridge


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He has also co-written two Tynemouth Pageants - one on invasions along the North East coast and the other about Tostig, the brother of King Harold of England.
It would seem that he played a leading part in the Norman victory at Hastings, for he was rewarded with wide estates in the south of England that had belonged to the highest figures in the old order, such as Harold himself and his brother Tostig.
The King's bruvver Tostig was in a huff and teamed up with Viking Harald Hardrana to try to steal the crown for himself.
 
 
 
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