biography
| name: |
Hereward
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known as Hereward the Wake
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| male
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| lived:
| (?–c.1080)
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| biography:
| Anglo-Saxon thegn who returned from exile to lead the last organized Anglo-Saxon resistance against the Norman invaders. In 1070 he sacked Peterborough with the aid of a Danish fleet. He held the Isle of Ely against William the Conqueror for nearly a year (1070–1), then disappeared from history, and entered mediaeval outlaw legend as a celebrated opponent of the forces of injustice. |
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