Harold Harefoot


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Noun1.Harold Harefoot - illegitimate son of Canute who seized the throne of England in 1037 (died in 1040)
Harefoot, Harold I, King Harold I
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Shortly after his accession to the English throne in 1040, the new king Harthacnut ordered the body of his predecessor and half-brother, Harold Harefoot, to be removed from its resting place at Westminster and thrown into a swamp.
Marafioti, Nicole, The King's Body: Burial and Succession in Late Anglo-Saxon England
"Hardly capable" would, in fact, have made an appropriate name, but in reality they were called Hardicanute (or Harthacnut) and Harold Harefoot, half-brothers, in fact.
Taxing time saw citizens rebel against unpopular monarch; An extreme reaction to increased taxes by citizens OFWORCESTER in the 11th century saw them decamp to an island and fight off the royal army. Chris Upton reports
But Hardicanute, King of Denmark, never bothered to enforce his claim by battle and the crown instead passed to his base-born brother Harold Harefoot.
When Chester was the coin capital of Canute's kingdom; 1,000-year-old penny minted in North West goes under hammer

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