Claimants to the throne- Harald Hardrada

• The viking king promised that the king of Norway would succeed him as King of England
• Harald Hardrada


  Grizzled viking king of Norway, also known as "hard ruler"
• Harald Hardrada was ready to stake his claim to the throne of England
• It was likely that people living in the territory would welcome Harald as king
• Tostig Godwinson teamed up with Hardrada
• Before Edward was king, England was ruled by the viking king