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Ælfwine/Alboin is recorded in 1060 and 1062 in charters from the Abbey Church of Saint Foy in Conques, which mention him as son of "Heroldus rex fuit Anglorum" (Latin: Harold, who was king of the English People). Harold Harefoot is the most likely father as the only other king Harold was Harold Godwinson, who would not rise to the throne until ...
Harold Godwinson (c. 1022 – 14 October 1066), also called Harold II, was the last crowned Anglo-Saxon English king. Harold reigned from 6 January 1066 [ 1 ] until his death at the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066, the decisive battle of the Norman Conquest .
The family is named after Harold's father, Earl Godwin, who had risen to a position of wealth and influence in the 1020s under Danish King Cnut the Great. In 1045 Godwin's daughter, Edith, married King Edward the Confessor, and by the mid-1050s Harold and his brothers had become dominant, almost monopolising the English earldoms. Godwin's ...
He thus differed from his two older brothers, who were more similar to their father, down-to-earth and mostly concerned with maintaining the farm. [16] The Icelandic sagas, in particular Snorri Sturluson in Heimskringla, claim that Sigurd, like Olaf's father, was a great-grandson of King Harald Fairhair in the male line.
He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great, and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter. [2] In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized the throne. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987. [4]
Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex (later King Harold II of England), is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry with a hawk while riding to his estate at Bosham for hunting and sea fishing.
Harold's family was one of the most powerful in Anglo-Saxon England: his paternal grandfather was Godwin, Earl of Wessex, and his father was Harold Godwinson, who inherited the same title and was crowned king of England at the beginning of 1066.
Harold, in his way, was the kiddie version of a visual-effects artist, and the film adaptation of “Harold” is all about the effects. The title character, played by the grown-up prankster ...