• Harald 'Klak' Halfdansson (c. 785 – c. 852) was a king in Jutland (and possibly other parts of Denmark) around 812–814 and again from 819–827. The identity...
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    his demise, a violent civil war broke out. Another dynastic branch, Harald Klak and Ragnfred, gained power during the conflict. The party of the five...
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    alternative nickname Clac Harald. Clac Harald appears to be a conflation of Harald Bluetooth with the legendary or semi-legendary Harald Klak, son of Halfdan....
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    were put to flight and the Bjarmian king was slain. The historical king Harald Klak is by Saxo (based on a passage in Adam's chronicle) made into another...
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  • Danish royal family. He has sometimes been mistakenly identified with Harald Klak, who was in fact his uncle and probable namesake. His brother was Rorik...
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  • 837), and Harald Klak (died c. 852). He was probably also related to the Danish king he succeeded. On Hemming's death only Reginfrid and Harald were present...
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    have been the father of a number of later kings and pretenders: Anulo, Harald Klak, Ragnfred and Hemming. This Halfdan, it has been suggested, could have...
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    were killed in the melée. However, Anulo's side won, and his brothers Harald Klak and Ragnfred were made kings of the Danish realm. The new rulers sought...
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    who supported him. Moreover, there still relatives of the former king Harald Klak alive. Judging from the Frankish sources, the power center of the dynasty...
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  • Harald Halfdansson may refer to: Harald Klak (c. 785 – c. 852), King of Denmark Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932), first King of Norway This disambiguation...
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    success. In 826, the King of Jutland Harald Klak was forced to flee from Denmark by Horik I, Denmark's other king. Harald went to Emperor Louis I of Germany...
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    nascent Danish kingdom at Hedeby. He may have been a nephew of king Harald Klak. He is mentioned as receiving lands in Friesland from Emperor Louis I...
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    the former King Harald Klak, who fled to Francia in 814. Harald was a vassal of King Louis with a place in Saxony. In the year 819 Harald became one of...
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  • was a daughter of Harald Klak (c. 785 – c. 852); as with his other purported ties to Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, however Harald Klak was too old for that...
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    Boniface's successor, Lullus, was granted the pallium by Pope Adrian I. Harald Klak, king of Jutland, and his followers were baptized at Mainz in 826, in...
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  • Brittany and, in 826, he accompanied the Empress Judith to the baptism of Harald Klak in Ingelheim. His other daughter, Adelaide, married Conrad I, Count of...
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    represented in the first place by Harald Klak (812-813, 819-827), based its claim on being kinsmen of a former King Harald. This Harald may have been a predecessor...
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    North Africa. King Harald Klak of Denmark receives the Frisian county of Rüstringen, as a gift from Emperor Louis the Pious. Harald Klak accepts Christianity...
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    Erik, a descendant of Ragnar Lodbrok, by Gudorm, the granddaughter of Harald Klak. In his version of the tale, Harthacnut is raised by Ennignup (suggested...
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    Wangerland, Östringen and Rüstringen, assumed to be the county that Harald Klak received. c.820, Diederik, held lands in Westerkwartier 855–870, Wiccing...
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  • (died 810), king of the Danes Godfrid Haraldsson (820–56), son of King Harald Klak in Jutland Godfrid, Duke of Frisia (died 885), Viking duke in Frisia...
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  • also known as Harald, Scandinavian chieftain in Normandy Harald Grenske (10th century), petty king in Vestfold in Norway Harald Klak (c. 785–c. 852)...
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    further north to Jutland with the king Harald Klak, who had received baptism during his exile. With Harald's downfall in 827 and Ansgar's companion Autbert...
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    forty men died in that battle." Heriold, usually translated Harald, this man was Harald Klak. The Annales Fuldenses give an almost identical account of...
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    grandfather was Harald Klak. The identity of her maternal grandmother is not mentioned. The Heimskringla changes the name of Harald Klak's daughter but the...
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  • Son of Gudfred. Harald Klak, 812 to 813 and 819 to 827, a period of civil war with the sons of Gudfred. Nephew of an earlier Harald. Hemming, c. 810...
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  • (864) Guthrum (878) Borivoj I, Duke of Bohemia (883) Rorik of Dorestad Harald Klak Baptism of Boris I Baptism of Borivoj I by Saint Methodius Mieszko I...
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  • exiled from Denmark, King Harald Klak sought refuge in the Carolingian Empire and agreed to be baptised in 826. Harald Klak returned to Denmark, accompanied...
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    blindness (approximate date). Antony the Younger, Byzantine saint (d. 865) Harald Klak, king of Denmark (approximate date) Junna, emperor of Japan (approximate...
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    poet and official (b. 803) Fredelo, Frankish count (approximate date) Harald Klak, king of Denmark (approximate date) Íñigo Arista, king of Pamplona (or...
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