2-651-928 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Unpleasant Position of King Harold', c1860, (c1860). Harold II (c1022-1066) was the last Anglo-Saxon king of England. In 1064, Harold was apparently shipwrecked at Ponthieu. France and detained by the Count of Ponthieu. William I (c1028-1087) embarked on a rescue, paying the ransom in return for HaroldÆs loyalty to his claim to the throne. From The Comic History of England, Volume I, by Gilbert A A'Beckett. [Bradbury, Agnew, & Co., London]