"Lord Leofrick, Lord Lord Sword, my lords, I, the only rightful heir to the House of Wessex, son of King Edmond 'Iron Bone', Edward. Edmondson, Wessex vowed to expel his illegitimate son William from England, rescue his brother His Majesty Edward from William's hands, and inherit the throne of England. "Edward. Edmondson stood up and solemnly declared.

Prince Edward's strong claim to the throne of England allowed him to borrow the power of the Northern Princes to reclaim the crown of England from William and King Edward.

Edward. Edmondson was able to say this, and all the nobles, including the Duke of Leofric, were very pleased, and they were looking forward to the heir to the throne of England that they supported.

As for Edward the Confessor, the king of England who was controlled by William, to be honest, the princes of the north were not very cold, and the king of England, who grew up in Normandy, used the Normans to consolidate his power during the period, which greatly damaged the interests of the nobles and adults present, so they were against His Majesty.

However, at that time, they had a common enemy, the Godwin family, so they would not do anything to the Wessex monarch, but would be invited to help him in order to combat the power of the Godwin.

But now, the princes of the North hated King Edward, who had caused William's invasion of England, and although they knew that King Edward was also a victim, they could no longer be as close as they had been.

So, the nobles decided to replace it with the new king of England, the son of the iron-clad Edmund. Edmondson was the best candidate for them, and they had the power to remove the king through the Council of the Mages.

"Your Royal Highness Prince Edward, we, the nobles of the North, have decided to support you as King of England, and we will lead our army south to fight William to the death." Leo Frick, Duke of Mercia, presented his behalf. Edmondson solemnly promised.

"Thank you, Lord Leofrick, and thank you, my lords. I promise here that when William is defeated in the future, I will take all of William's territory and give it to you, except for Oxfordshire. Edward immediately promised.

"Your Highness Edward, I wonder if you will be able to grant me a personal request?" Leofrick, Duke of Mercia, tried to ask.

"Tell me, of course, I won't let it go!" Edward. Edmondson nodded in response.

"Well, I have a granddaughter named Eldegis who is ten years old, and I want her to be betrothed to you and become your future queen." Duke Leofrick looked slightly apprehensive and opened his mouth to propose.

Edward. Edmondson knew very well the psychology of the other party, if he did not marry Eldegis of the Heseway family, the granddaughter of Leofric, the Duke of Mercia, it was unlikely that the Duke of Leofrick and the princes of the North would do their best to help him, and this was the price he had to pay.

The Hewess family is famous in the Kingdom of England, and its strength is close to the Godwin family in its heyday, not only owning the Duchy of Mercia, but also possessing the Duchy of Lancaster in the north, plus the following of the princes of the north, in terms of strength and fame, he is comparable to the Norman King William who is entrenched in the south of England, and even has more advantages in England.

Only by relying on the Hewess family, Edward. Edmondson was able to complete his revenge.

"I promise you, Lord Leofrick, that I will have an engagement ceremony with your granddaughter in the near future." Edward. Without the slightest hesitation, Edmondson nodded in agreement with the Duke of Mercia's proposal.

"It's great that you agreed to be engaged to my granddaughter, and now I'll be able to do it, but I have a lot of heart in mind. She has always been very proud, I found several young and promising nobles for her to know, she was not satisfied, saying that she would not marry if she was not a king, and I was very worried about her. Duke Leofrick was pleased.

At this time, the aristocratic women had to find a good marriage partner as early as possible, and it was not easy to find a suitable aristocratic youth, like Edward. Edmondson was about to ascend to the throne of England with their support, and such a single nobleman was rare.

Eldegis (born 1036 AD), also known as Edith in modern English, was the daughter of Leofric, Duke of Mercia, Afgar, son of Hewes, and his mother was Elgiff, who came from an obscure family of small nobles.

Historically, Eldegis was the ruler of Wales, King Gwenness, Grufiz. Seyuli's wife, and later her husband in and Harold. After Godwin's death in battle, she became a member of the battle with King Harold of England. Godwinson's wife and queen.

Her two brothers were no exception, Edwin and Moka, who would later become the Duke of Mercia and the Duke of Northumbria, who jointly ruled half of England and were the greatest obstacle to the conquest of England by William the Conqueror.

Sure enough, in Edward. After Edmondson agreed to marry the granddaughter of the Duke of Mercia, all the northern princes present treated him as their own, and treated him with a much closer attitude.

Many of the Northern Princes present were still hesitant, but with Edward. With the addition of Edmondson, the princes of the North joined the faction that Duke Leofrick had stopped.

As time passed, the Duke of Leofrick's power increased day by day, and the faction he formed could control more than 40,000 troops, except for the army that had to stay to defend the territory, and the army that could take south could exceed 30,000, which was more than William's garrison in England.

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Just when Duke Leofrick was actively preparing to go south, William was not idle, he had already received the news from the intelligence system that Prince Edward was going north and Duke Leofrick was converging, and he knew that with Prince Edward's accession, this war was not far off.

In the face of the alliance of northern princes with a huge number of troops, even if the Normans under William's command were brave and good at fighting, he couldn't help but feel a little pressure, and his army stationed in England alone could not deal with the alliance of northern princes.

Fortunately, William had already canonized both Ireland and Wales years earlier, so that William's Second and Third Legions no longer had to take on the heavy responsibility of suppressing Ireland and Wales, and they could withdraw from Ireland and Wales to join William's order.

The Guards, the Second and Third Legions combined were more than 30,000 men, and with the equipment and training advantages of the Normans, as well as the Normans' strong fighting power, William had the confidence to face any challenge.