Harold I Harefoot (c. 1012 – March 17, 1040) was King of England from 1037 to 1040. He was the son of King Canute of Denmark and England and his concubine Aelgifu. He earned the name "Harefoot" for his speed and skill at hunting. November 12 is the 316th day of the year (317th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 49 days remaining. ... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Events Mael Morda starts a rebellion against Brian Boru in Ireland, which would eventually end in 1014 at the Battle of Clontarf. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Canute(or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Danish: Knud II den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. ... Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu or Aelfgitha) was the wife of Canute the Great in the11th century. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... The Flag of England The Kingdom of England was a kingdom located in Western Europe, in the southern part of the island of Great Britain. ... // Events Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kyiv. ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Canute(or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Danish: Knud II den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. ... Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu) was the wife of Ethelred the Unready of England in the 10th century and 11th centuries. ...

As the son of Canute and his queen Emma of Normandy, Harold's younger half-brother Hartha-Canute was legitimate heir to the thrones of both Denmark and England at Canute's death (1035), but Harold took effective power in England and secured recognition by Hartha-Canute (1036) as regent during the latter's absence in Denmark. Emma (c. ... Hartha-Canute can refer to two Danish kings: Hartha-Canute, the father of Gorm the Old who became king of Denmark around 917. ... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... Events Emperor Go-Suzaku ascends the throne of Japan. ...

In opposition to his brother, Harold proclaimed himself King of England in 1037. His period of rule is associated with the blinding and death of Alfred the Aethling, Emma's son by Ethelred, following Alfred's return to the kingdom (possibly in an attempt to take the throne) with his brother Edward. Harold never married, but he had an illegitimate son, Elfwine, who became a monk on the continent. Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. ... A Roman Catholic monk A monk is a person who practices monasticism, adopting a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle, usually in community with others following the same path. ...

Harold died at Oxford in 1040, just as Hartha-Canute was preparing an invasion. He was buried at Westminster, but Hartha-Canute later exhumed the body and had it thrown into a fen. He was buried in St Clement Dane's Church. Oxford is a city and local government district in Oxfordshire, England, with a population of 134,248 (2001 census). ... Westminster is a district within the City of Westminster in London. ... A fen is a sere, a phase in the natural ecological succession from the open water of a lake to (for example) woodland. ...