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Portskewett, South Wales
First screened 30 March 2008

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Time Trial

Watched the programme, browsed the web pages? Now try our quick quiz to see how much you know about King Harold and his family, whose grand hunting lodge Time Team tried to find at Portskewett.

Question 1 of 6
Which of the following was Harold's brother by his father's marriage to the Danish noblewoman Gytha Torkelsdotter?




Question 2 of 6
For what reason was Harold's half-brother Swegen sent into exile the year after Edward the Confessor came to the throne, leaving Harold and his cousin Beorn to divide his earldoms of Hereford, Gloucester and Oxford between them?




Question 3 of 6
Edward the Confessor married Edith, Harold's sister. Why did their marriage produce no heir?






Question 4 of 6
In 1064 Harold dumped his first wife, Eadgyth Swanneck, with whom he had five children, in favour of another woman, in a marriage designed to strengthen his position when King Edward died. Who was she?




Question 5 of 6
In 1065 Harold sided with rebels against his brother Tostig, the earl of Northumbria. Who did he replace Tostig with as earl?




Question 6 of 6
For what did Harold's mother Gytha offer William the Conqueror his weight in gold?




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