NOBLEMAN

Harold Harefoot

1016 - 1040

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Harold Harefoot or Harold I (died 17 March 1040) was regent of England from 1035 to 1037 and King of the English from 1037 to 1040. Harold's nickname "Harefoot" is first recorded as "Harefoh" or "Harefah" in the twelfth century in the history of Ely Abbey, and according to some late medieval chroniclers it meant that he was "fleet of foot". The son of Cnut the Great and Ælfgifu of Northampton, Harold was elected regent of England following the death of his father in 1035. He initially ruled England in place of his brother Harthacnut, who was stuck in Denmark due to a rebellion in Norway which had ousted their brother Svein. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harold Harefoot is the 20th most popular nobleman (down from 17th in 2019), the 79th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 65th in 2019) and the 8th most popular British Nobleman.

Harold Harefoot is most famous for being a King of England from 1035 to 1040. He was the son of Æthelred the Unready and Emma of Normandy.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Harold Harefoot ranks 20 out of 1,415. Before him are Rollo, Akihito, Edward the Black Prince, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria, and Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. After him are Empress Matilda, Lucrezia Borgia, Anne, Princess Royal, Marie de' Medici, William the Conqueror, and Naruhito.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1016, Harold Harefoot ranks 1. After him are Henry III, Holy Roman Emperor, Robert Guiscard, Béla I of Hungary, Ferdinand I of León, Casimir I the Restorer, Deokjong of Goryeo, Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Naropa, Edward the Exile, Svein Knutsson, and Amadeus I, Count of Savoy. Among people deceased in 1040, Harold Harefoot ranks 1. After him are Duncan I of Scotland, Fulk III, Count of Anjou, Alan III, Duke of Brittany, Ælfgifu of Northampton, and Renauld I, Count of Nevers.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harold Harefoot ranks 79 out of 8,785. Before him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), John Maynard Keynes (1883), Daniel Defoe (1660), Cecil Rhodes (1853), Bertrand Russell (1872), and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson (1869). After him are Owen Willans Richardson (1879), William Ewart Gladstone (1809), Empress Matilda (1102), Alfred Hitchcock (1899), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), and Tom Jones (1940).

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Among NOBLEMEN In United Kingdom

Among noblemen born in United Kingdom, Harold Harefoot ranks 8. Before him are Charles, Prince of Wales (1948), Elizabeth II (1926), Edward VII (1841), Lady Jane Grey (1537), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), and Edward the Black Prince (1330). After him are Empress Matilda (1102), Anne, Princess Royal (1950), Princess Alice of Battenberg (1885), Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900), Diana, Princess of Wales (1961), and Princess Beatrice of the United Kingdom (1857).

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