Harold Harefoot
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Harold Harefoot, or Harold I (c. 1015 – 17 March 1040), was King of England from 1035 to 1040. He was son of Canute the Great, King of England, Denmark, Norway, and some of Sweden, by his wife, Aelgifu of Northampton. There was scepticism about his being Canute's son.[1]
Upon Canute's death on 12 November 1035, Harold's younger half-brother Harthacanute, the son of Canute and his queen, Emma of Normandy, was the legitimate heir to the thrones of both Denmark and England. He was unable to travel to his coronation because Denmark was threatend from an invasion by King Magnus I 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 the idea.
Harold died at Oxford on 17 March 1040,[1] just as Harthacanute was preparing a Danish invasion force. He was buried at the abbey of Westminster.
Harold Harefoot Media
Silver penny of Harold I
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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