Haraldr konungr, i.e. "Harald king". The Latinized name as given in the medieval Danish chronicles is Haraldus Gormonis filius (Harald, Gorm's son). The...
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Harald Sigurdsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Sigurðarson; c. 1015 – 25 September 1066), also known as Harald III of Norway and given the epithet Hardrada in...
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Harold Harefoot (redirect from Harold I (of England))
Harold I (died 17 March 1040), also known as Harold Harefoot, was regent of England from 1035 to 1037 and King of the English from 1037 to 1040. Harold's...
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Harald Fairhair (Old Norse: Haraldr Hárfagri) (c. 850 – c. 932) was a Norwegian king. According to traditions current in Norway and Iceland in the eleventh...
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Harald I or Harold I may refer to: Harald Bluetooth (c. 935 – c. 985/986), king of Denmark and also Norway Harald Fairhair (c. 850 – c. 932), first king...
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elected to the throne of England. After his death in 1018(?), he was succeeded by Cnut the Great. Little detail is known about Harald II. Kongerækken Archived...
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Sweyn Forkbeard (redirect from Sweyn I Forkbeard)
King of England for five weeks from December 1013 until his death, and King of Norway from 999/1000 until 1013/14. He was the father of King Harald II of...
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William the Conqueror (redirect from William I (of England))
sometimes called William the Bastard, was the first Norman king of England (as William I), reigning from 1066 until his death. A descendant of Rollo, he...
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Cnut (redirect from Cnut I of England)
February 1014), Harald succeeded him as King of Denmark, while the Vikings and the people of the Danelaw immediately elected Cnut as king in England. However...
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Sweyn II of Denmark (section Feud with Harald Hardrada)
divided: Harald would get the throne of Norway, while Sweyn would be king of Denmark. Upon hearing of Magnus' death Sweyn said, "Now so help me God, I shall...
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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (redirect from Sigurd Orm i Øje)
England in his lifetime and established the Danish Empire. When Sweyn died, his elder son Harald Svendsen became the king of Denmark, while England's...
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Haraldr Óláfsson (redirect from Harald I of the Isle of Man)
secondary sources: Arailt mac Amhlaíbh, Aralt mac Amlaíb Duib, Harald Olafsson, Harald Óláfsson, Harald Olavsson, and Haraldr Óláfsson. The inscription of the...
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Magnus the Good (redirect from Magnus I Olafsson)
invade England and drowning, falling off a horse, and falling ill while on board a ship. He is said to have made Sweyn his heir in Denmark, and Harald in...
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Eric Bloodaxe (redirect from Eirik I of Norway)
One of Egill's lausavísur speaks of an encounter in England with a man of "Harald's line" (Haralds áttar), while the Arinbjarnarkviða envisages a ruler...
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some Norman lords sought the help of the Danish prince Harald against Louis, and in 945 Harald captured Louis and handed him to Hugh the Great, Duke of...
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House of Knýtlinga (redirect from Danish Kings of England)
Other notable members were Cnut's father Sweyn Forkbeard, grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot, and Svein Knutsson. It...
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List of English monarchs (redirect from Kings of England)
(recognised as king by the Witenagemot after the death of Edward the Confessor), Harald Hardrada (King of Norway who claimed to be the rightful heir of Harthacnut)...
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Battle of Stamford Bridge (category Harald Hardrada)
Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada...
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Alfred was murdered on an expedition to England in 1036. Emma fled to Bruges when Harald Harefoot became king of England, but when he died in 1040 Harthacnut...
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Harald Wartooth or Harold Hiltertooth (Old Norse: Haraldr hilditǫnn; Modern Swedish and Danish: Harald Hildetand; Modern Norwegian: Harald Hildetann) was...
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Harold Godwinson (redirect from Harald Godwineson)
late September, he successfully repelled an invasion by rival claimant Harald Hardrada of Norway in York before marching his army back south to meet William...
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Norman Conquest (redirect from Norman Conquest of England)
his brother-in-law Harold Godwinson. The Norwegian king Harald Hardrada invaded northern England in September 1066 and was victorious at the Battle of Fulford...
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Harald of Norway may refer to: Harald I of Norway (c. 848 – c. 931), also known as Harald Fairhair. Harald II of Norway (c. 935 – c. 970), also known as...
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refuge in England. Through Heahmund's influence, the Northmen are given sanctuary in return for fighting against other Viking raiders. When Harald Finehair...
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Æthelstan (redirect from Athelstan I of England)
King of England and one of the "greatest Anglo-Saxon kings". He never married and had no children; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Edmund I. When...
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turn crowned Danish kings. Harald was born around 1040. Son of King Sweyn II, Harald took part in Sweyn's 1069 raid of England alongside his uncle Jarl...
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death of Harold Godwinson. In September 1066, Harald III of Norway and Earl Tostig landed in Northern England with a force of around 15,000 men and 300 longships...
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death in battle in England, his son Sigurd Ring became the king of Denmark, presumably as the subking of Harald. Sigurd Ring and Harald fought the Battle...
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Draken Harald Hårfagre (English: Dragon Harald Fairhair) is a large modern designed longship built in the municipality of Haugesund, Norway. It is a ship...
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victorious King Harald Fairhair merged several petty kingdoms into that of his father. Named after the homonymous geographical region, Harald's realm was later...
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