Harold Harefoot
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Harold I, commonly known as Harold Harefoot, was King of England from 1037 to 1040. His nickname is first recorded in the twelfth century in the history of Ely Abbey as "Harefoh" or "Harefah". Some la
Harold Harefoot drawn in the 13th century, from The Life of King Edward the Confessor by Matthew Paris
Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, and his sons Harald Harefoot and Harthacnut
Silver penny of Harold I
The runestone Sm 42, in Småland, Sweden, mentions "Haralds kunungs", probably meaning King Harold Harefoot.
Cnut
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Cnut, also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united und
Harold Harefoot
…the history of Ely Abbey as "Harefoh" or "Harefah". Some late medieval chroniclers interpreted it as meaning that he was "fleet of foot". The son of Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northampton, Harold was chosen as regent of England after his father's death in 1035, ruling in place of his half-brother Harthacnut…
Contemporary drawing of King Cnut from the New Minster Liber Vitae, 1031
This runestone in Sweden (U 194), in memory of a Viking known as Alli, says he won Knútr's payment in England.
Medieval illumination depicting Kings Edmund Ironside (left) and Cnut (right), from the Chronica Majora written and illustrated by Matthew Paris
Silver penny of Cnut the Great with a quatrefoil on the obverse dating to the period c.1017–23