Harold Harefoot

E467985

Harold Harefoot was an 11th-century King of England, the son of Cnut the Great, who ruled from 1035 to 1040 during a turbulent period of succession disputes.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Harold Harefoot canonical 28
Harald Harefoot 2
King Harold Harefoot 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 11th-century English monarch ⓘ
King of England ⓘ
human ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
associatedWith Alfred Aetheling ⓘ
Emma of Normandy ⓘ
Godwin, Earl of Wessex ⓘ
Leofric, Earl of Mercia ⓘ
burialPlace Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster

Westminster Abbey ⓘ
causeOfDeath illness (probable, uncertain in sources) ⓘ
chronologicalPlacement 11th century ⓘ
conflict succession disputes after Cnut’s death ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1040 ⓘ
dynasty Danish royal house ⓘ
linked to: Estridsen dynasty

House of Knýtlinga ⓘ
ethnicGroup Dane ⓘ
father Cnut the Great ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
historicalPeriod Late Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ
linked to: Anglo-Saxon England
languageOfEnvironment Old English ⓘ
Old Norse ⓘ
linked to: Old Norse language
mother Ælfgifu of Northampton ⓘ
nickname Harefoot ⓘ
notableEvent conflict over succession with Harthacnut ⓘ
contested succession after the death of Cnut the Great ⓘ
involvement in the killing of Alfred Aetheling ⓘ
notableFor being the son of Cnut the Great ⓘ
short and turbulent reign ⓘ
placeOfDeath Oxford ⓘ
positionHeld King of England ⓘ
powerBase Mercia ⓘ
predecessor Cnut the Great ⓘ
realm England ⓘ
regencyOrCoregencyWith Leofric, Earl of Mercia (as chief supporter) ⓘ
reignEnd 1040 ⓘ
reignStart 1035 ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
ruledFrom 1035 ⓘ
ruledUntil 1040 ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Gunhilda of Denmark ⓘ
Harthacnut ⓘ
Svein Knutsson ⓘ
successor Harthacnut ⓘ
title King of the English ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (33)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Emma of Normandy → stepChild → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Harthacnut → predecessorAsKingOfEngland → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Harthacnut → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
King of Wessex → hasNotableHolder → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Cnut the Great → successor → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Cnut the Great → child → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Godwin, Earl of Wessex → employer → King Harold Harefoot ⓘ
linked to: Harold Harefoot
House of Godwin → governedUnderMonarch → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
House of Knýtlinga → member → Harald Harefoot ⓘ
linked to: Harold Harefoot
Jelling dynasty → hasMember → Harald Harefoot ⓘ
linked to: Harold Harefoot
Alfred Ætheling → notableRelative → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
subject linked to: Alfred Aetheling
Alfred Ætheling → allegedPerpetrator → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
subject linked to: Alfred Aetheling
Edmund (son of Edmund Ironside) → relative → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Alfred Atheling → associatedWith → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Hardicanute → predecessor → Harold Harefoot (in England) ⓘ
linked to: Harold Harefoot
Hardicanute → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Harthacanute → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Harthacanute → predecessor → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
North Sea Empire → monarch → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
North Sea Empire → notableRuler → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Svein Knutsson → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Svein Knutsson → relative → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Sweyn II of Denmark → relative → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Lyfing of Crediton → advisorTo → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Godwin family faction at the English court → activeDuringReignOf → King Harold Harefoot ⓘ
linked to: Harold Harefoot
Sweyn Knutsson → notableFamilyMember → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Sweyn Knutsson → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Gunhilda of Denmark → sibling → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Knut the Great → child → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Knut the Great → successor → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Ælfgifu of Northampton → child → Harold Harefoot ⓘ
Ælfgifu of Northampton → motherOf → Harold Harefoot ⓘ