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	Denmark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Denmark’s main exports are agricultural and industrial machinery, teak and oak furniture, meat, fish, and metals and metal manufactures; the chief imports are machinery, metals, motor vehicles, and fuels.
		Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588–1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648–70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
		Denmark was defeated and agreed in the London Protocol of 1852 to preserve a special status for the two duchies.
	www.bartleby.com /65/de/Denmark.html (1996 words)

	Harold Godwinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harold's mistress, Edith Swanneck, was called to identify the body, which she did by some private mark (the face being destroyed) known only to herself.
		Although one Norman account claims that Harold's body was buried in a grave overlooking the Saxon shore, it is more likely that he was buried in his church of Waltham Holy Cross in Essex, which he had refounded in 1060.
		Harold's illegitimate daughter Gytha of Wessex married Vladimir Monomakh Grand Duke (Velikii Kniaz) of Kievan Rus' and is ancestor to dynasties of Galicia, Smolensk and Yaroslavl, whose scions include Modest Mussorgsky and Peter Kropotkin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harold_II_of_England (1472 words)

	King Harold (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Harold, the son of Earl Godwin of Wessex, and the brother of Swegen, Tostig and Gyrth, was born in about 1022.
		Tostig was banished from the country and Morcar, Harold's brother-in-law, became the new Earl of Northumbria.
		When Harold arrived in London on 5th October and there he waited for the local fyrd to assemble and for the troops of the Earl of Mercia and the Earl of Northumbria to arrive from the north.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDharold.htm (2652 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Denmark
		Christian II was the first who tried to overthrow the power of the princely hierarchy, and for this purpose invited (1520) a German, Martin Reinhard, to preach in Copenhagen in the spirit of Luther, but as the people did not understand him, he remained in the country only a short time.
		In 1539 John Bugenhagen came to Denmark with the avowed purpose of establishing a new liturgy and to consecrate Lutheran bishops.
		In the former kingdom Charles Knutsson was raised to the throne; in Denmark and in Norway Count Christian of Oldenburg, the husband of Christopher's widow, and with him the house of Oldenburg, succeeded to the sovereignty.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/04722c.htm (10911 words)

	Harold II of England -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Harold also had several illegitimate children by his famous mistress (or wife, according to (A Scandinavian language that is the official language of Denmark) Danish law), "Ealdgyth Swan-neck" or "Edith Swan-neck" or "Edith Swanneck".
		Harold now forced his army to march 240 miles to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7000 men in (A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in southern England on the English Channel; was captured by Wessex in the 9th century) Sussex, southern England three days later on September 28.
		Harold established his army in hastily built (An earthen rampart) earthworks near (The decisive battle in which William the Conqueror (duke of Normandy) defeated the Saxons under Harold II (1066) and thus left England open for the Norman Conquest) Hastings.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/h/ha/harold_ii_of_england1.htm (1161 words)

	Harold I of Denmark biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Harold Bluetooth Gormson (Danish Harald Blåtand, Norwegian Harald Blåtann) (ca 935- November 1 986), sometimes Harold II, succeeded his father Gorm the Old as king of Denmark in 958 (or 959) and was king of Norway for a few years, probably around 970.
		Harold was wounded in battle against the forces of his son and successor Sweyn.
		Harold may have had three wives or consorts: Thora, Gunhilde and Gyrid (the niece of the Swedish king Eric the Victorious).
	harold-bluetooth.biography.ms (301 words)

	Harold of England - OrthodoxWiki (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Harold's wife, Edith Swanneck, was called to identify the body, which she did by some private mark (the face being destroyed) known only to herself.
		Harold had been transformed by his betrayal by the Pope, and his defeat by William (which from a purely military standpoint was by no means assured) marked the end of the ecclesial distinctiveness of the English church and its subsequent capitulation to Rome under Norman rule.
		Although history's record of Harold's defeat can be interpreted to suggest that King Harold and his men died in defense of the Orthodox Christian faith, aside from the undocumented allegation that the Church of Russia has glorified him, there is no record of a cultus developing around Harold.
	orthodoxwiki.org /Harold_of_England (2643 words)

	HAROLD I. - LoveToKnow Article on HAROLD I. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		His claims were supported by Leofric, earl of Mercia, and the north; those of Hardicanute by his mother, Queen Emma, Godwine, earl of the West-Saxons and the south.
		Eventually Harold was temporarily elected regent, pending a final settlement on Hardicanutes return from Denmark.
		Hardicanute was preparing to invade England in support of his claims when Harold died at Oxford on the 10th of March 1040.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /H/HA/HAROLD_I_.htm (162 words)

	Denmark
		She was the daughter of Frederick II of Denmark and Norway, and married James in 1589.
		Christian III (1503-59), king of Denmark and Norway (1534-59), the son of Frederick I. Christian established Lutheranism as the state religion in all his dominions, defeating a strong Roman Catholic opposition and confiscating the lands and properties of the church.
		Frederick II (of Denmark and Norway) (1534-88), king of Denmark and Norway (1559-88), son of Christian III.
	website.lineone.net /~johnbidmead/denmark.htm (2882 words)

	Wikinfo \| Harold II of England (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Beginning in 1058, Harold was also earl of Hereford, and he replaced his father as the focus of opposition to growing Norman influence in England under the restored Saxon monarchy (1042-1066) of Edward the Confessor, who had spent more than a quarter of a century in exile in Normandy.
		Harold now had to submit his army to a 240-mile forced march to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7000 men in Sussex on September 28.
		Harold's body was buried at Hastings, but was later moved to Waltham Abbey in Essex.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Harold_Godwinson (605 words)

	Sigrid the Haughty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She was successful when Olaf fell fighting against Sweden and Denmark in the naval Battle of Swold in the year 1000.
		Thietmar mentions that the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and sister of Boleslaw I of Poland married Sweyn I of Denmark and gave him two sons, Canute the Great and Harold II of Denmark, but he does not mention her name.
		Adam of Bremen writes that a Polish princess was the wife of Eric the Victorious and that she was the mother of Canute the Great and Harold II of Denmark.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sigrid_the_Haughty (660 words)

	Sweyn II of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Later on he allied with Harald Hardråde and made vain attempts on conquering Denmark but after the death of Magnus 1047 he was at last proclaimed a king.
		Sweyn seems to have been able to read and write, and he is the source of much of our current knowledge about Denmark in the 9th and 10th centuries, having told the story of his ancestry to historian Adam of Bremen around 1070.
		Sweyn Estridsson fathered at least 19 children, probably more, and while none of them were born in wedlock, and none of their mothers are known, five of his numerous sons became kings after their father, beginning with Harald III Hen in 1076 and ending with King Niels, who was murdered in 1134.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sweyn_II_of_Denmark (410 words)

	Encyclopedia: Sweyn I of Denmark (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Roskilde (population 52,572) is an ancient city in Denmark, situated in the island of Zealand, 30 km west of Copenhagen.
		Otto II (955 – December 7, 983, Rome), was the third German ruler of the Saxon or Ottonian dynasty.
		He was succeeded as King of Denmark by his elder son, Harold II; the Danish fleet proclaimed his younger son Canute as King of England, but they and he returned to Denmark, with Ethelred being restored.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Sweyn-I-of-Denmark (3795 words)

	GENUKI: Kings of England - H
		King of England and Denmark, was the son of Canute, and succeeded his father on the Danish throne in 1039; and at the same time laid claim to that of England, which had devolved to his half-brother, Harold.
		The latter accordingly invaded England while Harold was engaged in the north in repelling an invasion of Harold Hardrada, king of Norway, supported by Tostig, the brother of Harold.
		Henry II., King of England, first of the Plantagenet line, was the eldest son of Geoffrey, Earl of Anjou, and his wife, the ex-Empress Maud, daughter of Henry I., and was born at Mans, in March, 1133.
	www.genuki.org.uk /big/royalty/kingh.html (3530 words)

	Harald - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Harald or Harold is the name of several kings:
		Harold I of England, also known as Harold Harefoot.
		1022 - October 14, 1066), also known as Harold Godwinson.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Harald (138 words)

	Harold Godwineson, Earl of Hereford, king Harold II, Last Anglo-Saxon King (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ewyas Harold was deemed strategic as it was on a spur of the Golden Valley, Richard's castle, as it overlooked Ludlow.
		Harold married Edith 'Swan neck' in what was known as the 'Danish style'.He was, after all, half-Danish, and must have identified strongly with his Scandinavian side to have given five of his offspring Nordic names.
		Harold had chosen that position several miles from the coast as it barred the road to London, was on a steep ridge, and was well flanked by woodland.
	www.dulwichdynamo.homechoice.co.uk /Harold.html (4628 words)

	The world's top denmark websites
		Denmark is north of Germany and Poland, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
		In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution.
		Denmark consists of the Jutland peninsula (Jylland) and 405 named islands, of which 82 are inhabited, the most important are Funen (Fyn) and Zealand (Sjælland).
	dirs.org /wiki-article-tab.cfm/denmark (1276 words)

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		England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and
		In 1018 (or 1019) Canute succeeded his elder brother Harold II as king of Denmark, and in 1028 he conquered Norway with a fleet of fifty ships from England: his attempt to govern Norway through Aelgifu and Harold ended, however, in rebellion and the restoration of the former Norwegian dynasty under Magnus I.
		Harold took power in England, however, ruling until his death (1040), whereupon the two crowns were again briefly reunited under Harthacanute.
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Canute_the_Great (809 words)

	From Conquered to Conqueror: England in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
		Upon the death of Edward III, Harold II was elected by the Witan.
		There was another dilemma; Harold's son was elected king as Harold III, but Edgar had strong support in the witan and among the nobility as well, and was now ready to press his claim to the throne.
		Harold's accidental death in 1099 led to Edgar's coronation and the subsequent rise of his house to rule over the English for the next four hundred years.
	www.tateville.com /althistory/england.html (923 words)

	Denmark
		Denmark supported Napoléon, for which it was punished at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 by the loss of Norway to Sweden.
		Denmark was the only occupied country in World War II to save all its Jews from extermination, by smuggling them out of the country.
		Denmark was a strong ally to the U.S. during the Iraq war, one of five countries to contribute combat troops (the others were the U.S., UK, Australia, and Poland).
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107460.html (775 words)

	22ND GENERATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		King Frederick VIII DENMARK (son of King Christian IX of DENMARK and Princess Louisa of HESSE-CASSEL Queen of Denmark) was born in 1843 in Denmark - son of Christian IX.
		Thyra II of DENMARK was born in Denmark - dtr of Frederick VIII.
		Dagmar of DENMARK was born in Denmark - dtr of Frederick VIII.
	home.att.net /~hamiltonclan/hamilton/gilbert/d7356.htm (104 words)

	ipedia.com: Harold II of England Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		His second wife was Gytha Thorkelsdóttir who was a great-granddaughter to Harold Bluetooth, King of Denmark and Norway, father of Sweyn I. This second marriage resulted in the birth of both Harold and Tostig Godwinson.
		Harold now forced his army to march 240 miles to intercept William, who had landed perhaps 7000 men in Sussex, southern England on September 28.
		According to tradition, and as depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, Harold was killed by an arrow in the eye (though some contemporary historians have questioned this).
	www.ipedia.com /harold_ii_of_england.html (793 words)

	Ancestors of Dylan James Schiele
		Children were: Heather Renee Hanson, Harold Alden Hanson.
		Parents: Svend I "Tveskaeg" King of Denmark and Swietoslava (Sygryda) (Gunhild) Poland Queen of Sweden.
		Harold VII King of Denmark was born about 910 in Of Blauzahn,Germany.
	jjhnsn.tripod.com /dylan/d76.htm (938 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Harold
		Harold Harefoot was the son of Canute and his first wife, Elfgifu.
		The brothers began by sharing the kingdom of England after their father's death - Harold Harefoot becoming king in Mercia and Northumbria, and Harthacanute king of Wessex.
		During the absence of Hardicanute in Denmark, his other kingdom, Harold Harefoot became effective sole ruler.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page36.asp (78 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Hardicanute took the throne of Denmark at the death of his father Canute, in 1035.
		Meanwhile, his illegitimate half-brother, Harold Harefoot, was made king in 1037.
		Hardicanute launched an expedition to claim the throne, but Harold died before he could arrive.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon19.html (108 words)

	Denmark
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	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0775376.html (184 words)

	webGED: The Bement Family Data Page
		Harold was, at the outset, his first born and legitimate son and therefore the obvious heir to the throne.
		Harthacnut, as King of Denmark, was engaged in warfare with independence-seeking King Magnus of Norway.
		Harold became King of England at the age of 18 and died in Oxford in the spring of 1040 with no immediate heir.
	www.bementfamily.com /webged/bement.wbg/wga31.html (1960 words)

	Timeline of Anglo Saxon England 978 AD-1066 AD
		- King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark lands in England and is proclaimed king; Aethelred II the Unready flees to Normandy.
		He and King Canute II of Denmark and Norway meet on the Isle of Alney near Deerhurst and agree to divide the kingdom: Canute holds the north and Edmund Wessex; Edmund is assassinated; Canute takes the throne as King Canute the Great of England.
		Earl Harold of Wessex begins a programme of building work at Waltham Abbey which includes the addition of a huge eastern crossing.
	www.britannia.com /history/saxontime5.html (808 words)

	Denmark 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		Ulf, Jarl and earl in England, Reichsverweser of Denmark, +murdered 1026; m.
		Knud IV "the Saint", King of Denmark (1080-86), +murdered 10.7.1086; m.ca 1080 Adele of Flanders (*1065 +1115)
		Svend II, King of Seeland 1147, King of Denmark (1152-57), +murdered 28.10.1157; m.ca 1152 Adela von Wettin (+1172/73)
	genealogy.euweb.cz /denmark/denmark2.html (434 words)

	The Ecole Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-16)
		The illegitimate son of Sven II of Denmark, Canute was the grandnephew of Canute of England, who had reigned from 1016 until 1035, and considered the throne of England to be his and William the Conquerer to be a usurper.
		He became king of Denmark six years later, after the death of his older brother, Harold the Idle.
		Eric III Evergood of Denmark petitioned Paschal II to canonize Canute in 1099; Canute was officially called a saint two years later.
	www2.evansville.edu /ecoleweb/glossary/canuteiv.html (280 words)

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