Harald II of Denmark
King of Denmark (r. 1014 – c. 1018)
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Reign | 1014 – c. 1018 |
Predecessor | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Successor | Cnut the Great |
Born | c. 996–998 |
Died | c. 1018 |
Father | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Mother | Świętosława / Sigrid / Gunhild ( detail ) |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
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Harald Svendsen (c. 996–998 − c. 1018) was King of Denmark (being Harald II ) from 1014 until his death in c. 1018. [1] He was the youngest son of Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhild of Wenden , [2] [3] [4] [5] and was regent while his father was fighting Æthelred the Unready in England . He inherited the Danish throne in 1014, and held it while his brother, the later king Cnut the Great conquered England. [6] After his death in 1018(?), he was succeeded by Cnut the Great. Little detail is known about Harald II. [1]
References
- 1 2 Kongerækken Archived 2009-11-18 at the Wayback Machine at The Danish Monarchy
- ↑ Andersen, Michael (2014). "Harald 2.". In Kryger, Karin (ed.). Danmarks kongegrave I . pp. 100–101. ISBN 978-87-635-0781-3 .
- ↑ Encomium Emmae Reginae : Cnutonis regis Gesta sive Encomium Emmae reginae (edition 1865) (in Latin ) and Encomium Emmae reginae. Edited for the Royal Historical Society by Alistair Campbell , London, 1949
- ↑ Illustreret dansk Konversations Leksikon, 10. Bind , (ed. T. Vogel-Jørgensen), Copenhagen, 1934, p. 206
- ↑ Steenstrup, Johannes C. H. R. (1893). "Harald". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk Biografisk Lexikon, vol. VII . p. 73.
- ↑ Harald 2. at Gyldendals Åbne Encyklopædi
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