UNKNOWN, Harold

Birth Name UNKNOWN, Harold
Gramps ID I582804801
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Death 1040-03-17 Oxford, England  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father UNKNOWN, Canute [I582808995]
Mother UNKNOWN, Unknown [I582804746]
         UNKNOWN, Harold [I582804801]
 
Father UNKNOWN, Canute [I582808995]
Stepmother De Normandy, Emma [I582803932]
    Half-sister     UNKNOWN, Cunegonda [I582808996]
    Half-brother     UNKNOWN, Harthacanute [I582805487]

Narrative

King of England (1035–40).
known as Harold Harefoot The illegitimate son of Canute the Great , he served as regent of England for his half brother Hardecanute, king of Denmark. In 1036 he murdered the royal claimant, Alfred the Aetheling, and proclaimed himself king. He fended off Welsh and Scottish invaders and was succeeded by Hardecanute.

Pedigree

  1. UNKNOWN, Canute [I582808995]
    1. UNKNOWN, Unknown [I582804746]
      1. UNKNOWN, Harold

Ancestors