Harold Harefoot

He was such a fast runner at this, his favourite sport, that the people called him Harold Harefoot.

A Child's History of England 2007

Tower, or Castle, existed here a considerable time before the conquest; for Alfred lived here; and Harold Harefoot was crowned and resided here; and one of Alfred's sons struck money here.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 328, August 23, 1828 Various

In 1036, when Harold Harefoot was king, Alfred the son of Ethelred was travelling from Normandy to join his mother at

Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912

Iron-side, Harold Harefoot, Edward the Confessor; but this is exceptional, and the Anglo-Saxon, as a rule, was satisfied with one name.

The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909

Harold Harefoot, of near nine hundred years ago, who came flying by on a bicycle and smoking a pipe, but at once checked up and got off to shake with me; and also I met a bishop who had lost his way because this was the first time he had been inside the walls of Oxford for as much as twelve hundred years or thereabouts.

Chapters from My Autobiography Mark Twain 1872

Alfred Atheling, son of Ethelred the Unready, his expedition against Harold Harefoot, his murder,

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Godwin, Earl of Wessex; traditions respecting his origin; his services to Knut; has Harold Harefoot crowned king; his treachery to Alfred Atheling; policy toward Edward the Confessor; characters of his sons; is driven into exile; his reconciliation to Edward; death and character.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Harthaknut, whom the will of his father had called to the succession, was absent in Denmark, and Godwin caused his brother, Harold Harefoot, to be crowned in haste, though the Archbishop would not sanction the usurpation, placed the crown and sceptre on the altar, and forbade the bishops to give him their blessing.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

Soon after the coronation of Harold Harefoot, they received a letter purporting to come from their mother, Emma, widow of Knut, inviting them to assert their claim to their father's throne.

Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II Charlotte Mary Yonge 1862

He was a brutal King, whose first public act was to order the dead body of poor Harold Harefoot to be dug up, beheaded, and thrown into the river.

A child`s history of England 1852