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Harold Harefoot died on 17th March 1040 at Oxford. He was buried at the Westminster Abbey. The exact cause of the death of Harold at such a young age is unknown and it is believed that he died of a mysterious disease. Harold’s half-brother Harthacnut succeeded him after his death. Harold Harefoot was the King of England from 1035 to 1040.
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Harold Harefit or Harold I ( c. 1015 – 17 Mairch 1040) wis King o Ingland frae 1035 tae 1040. Categeries: Pages uisin death year and age template wi unkent parameters. 1010s births. 1040 daiths. Anglo-Norse monarchs. Inglis monarchs. Cnut the Great.
His mother Queen Emma, previously resident at Winchester with some of her son's housecarls, was made to flee to Bruges in Flanders, under pressure from supporters of Cnut's other son, after Svein, by Ælfgifu of Northampton: Harold Harefoot – regent in England 1035–37 (who went on to claim the English throne in 1037, reigning until his ...
Harold Harefoot. King of the English (1037Ð40), illegitimate son of King Canute and ®lfgifu of Northampton. On his fatherÕs death (1035) he disputed the succession of his half brother Harthacanute to the English throne. A compromise was reached (1036) by which Harold would be regent while Harthacanute would remain in Denmark, but in...
Harthacanute. Harthacanute (Canute the Hardy, sometimes Hardicanute, Hardecanute; Danish: Hardeknud) (1018 – 8 June 1042) was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and England from 1040 to 1042. He was the only son of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy . He followed his father as King of Denmark in 1035, becoming Canute III.
As Harthacnut was geographically unable to take the crown for himself in good time, Harold Harefoot was able to take the kingdom for himself. Although he successfully resisted trouble from the exiled sons of Ethelred the Unready — Alfred Ætheling and Edward (later known as King Edward the Confessor) — Harold died just as Harthacnut was ...
