General Notes

Harald refused to accept the crown until he had first performed his father's obsequies with all the magnificence becoming his high rank. One of his earliest was the conquest of Norway, which became a province of Denmark. Styrbear, King of Sweden, solicited the aid of King Harold in one of his wars, and to enforce his request he brought along with him Gyntha, his sister, a lady of admirable beauty. The stratagem had the intended effect; Harold Bluetooth became enamored and married her. The progress of Christianity gained some headway during his reign, and the King received baptism, and erected a splendid church. His daughter Gunilda married Richard I, Duke of Normandy.
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Harrison's History of Yorkshire; Preface and Charts.
Britannica Encyclopedia, Vol. 26, p. 224; Vol. 12, p. 179; Vol. 20, p.
4; Vol. 28, p. 767.
Williams' Historians History of the World, Vol. 16, pp. 37-49.
Edward S. Lewis Manuscripts, pp. 164, 162, 226, 274.
The Plantagenet Ancestry, by Lt. Col. W. H. Turton, pp. 26-7.