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AD1066

Rough guide to the situation in 1066

Rough situation at beginning of AD 1066
ColourKingdom
Colour for DeheubarthDeheubarth
Colour for EnglandEngland
Colour for GwyneddGwynedd
Colour for MorayMoray
Colour for NorwayNorway
Colour for ScotlandScotland
Colour for DeheubarthDeheubarth
Colour for EnglandEngland
Colour for GwyneddGwynedd
Colour for MorayMoray
Colour for NorwayNorway
Colour for ScotlandScotland

Deheubarth

The ruler of Deheubarth was King Maredudd ab Owain ab Edwin, who had ruled since 1063 and would continue to do so until 1072.

England

King Eadweard III (Edward the Confessor) would die, succeeded by King Harold II (Harold Godwinson) who would fall at the Battle of Senlac Ridge. His successor was King Eadgar II (Edgar the Ætheling) who was proclaimed king, but whose support dried up after 2 months, and he submitted to King William I (William the Conqueror) in early December at Berkhamsted.

Gwynedd

King Rhiwallon ap Cynfyn who ruled with his brother King Bleddyn ap Cynfyn (Chiefest of the Britons) until Rhiwallon was killed in the Battle of Mechain.

Moray

The ruler of Moray at this time was likely to have been Mormaer Máel Snechtai mac Lulaich.

Scotland

The ruler of Scotland was King Malcolm III (The Great Chief), who had ruled since 1058 and would continue to do so until 1093.