Which statement about the Norman Conquest of England is correct?
William, Duke of Normandy, defeated Harold at Hastings in 1066 and became king.✓Correct answer
William, Duke of Normandy, defeated Harold at Hastings in 1215 and became king.
William Wallace defeated Harold at Hastings in 1066 and became king of England.
Harold defeated William at Hastings in 1066 and kept the English crown for himself.
Explanation
The invasion of that autumn was settled in a single day's fighting near the Sussex coast, where the English king was killed and the Norman duke took the throne he had been claiming. The version dated to the thirteenth century is the standard slip, because that later year belongs to a quite different episode in English history, by which time the conquest was already a century and a half old.