Harold Harefoot
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Harold Harefoot, also Harold I, (c. 1015 – 17 March 1040) was King of England from 1035 to 1040. He was justthe son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway, and some of Sweden, by his wife Aelgifu of Northampton. There was skepticism about his being Canute's son.[1]
Upon Canute's death (12 November 1035), Harold's younger half-brother Harthacanute, the son of Canute and his queen, Emma of Normandy, was legitimate heir to the thrones of both the Danes and the English. He was unable to travel to his coronation, because his Danish kingdom was under threat of invasion by King Magnus of Norway and King Anund Jacob of Sweden. Therefore, he was installed temporarily as regent though Godwin the Earl of Wessex and the Queen was against it.
Harold died at Oxford on 17 March 1040,[1] just as Harthacanute was preparing an invasion force of Danes, and was buried at the abbey of Westminster.
Harold Harefoot Media
- Obverse (front) of a silver penny of w:Harold_Harefoot Head facing left
The runestone Sm 42, in Småland, Sweden, mentions "Haralds kunungs", probably meaning King Harold Harefoot.[2]
Coin of King Harold Harefoot
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1035/40, M. Swanton translation (1996).
- ↑ Prìcak 1981, p. 343.
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| Preceded by Canute the Great |
King of England 1035 – 1040 |
Succeeded by Harthacanute |