See also:HARALD III
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(ro15-ro66), See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
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- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
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- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
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king of See also:Norway, surnamed Haardraade, which might be translated "ruthless," was the son of King See also:Sigurd and See also:half-See also:brother of King See also:Olaf the See also:Saint
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At the See also:age of fifteen he was obliged to flee from Norway, having taken See also:part in the See also:battle of Stiklestad (1030), at which King Olaf met his See also:death
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He took See also:refuge for a See also:short See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time with See also:Prince Yaroslav of See also:Novgorod (a See also:kingdom founded by Scandinavians), and thence went to See also:Constantinople, where he took service under the empress Zoe, whose Varangian guard he led to frequent victory in See also:Italy, See also:Sicily and See also:North See also:Africa, also penetrating to See also:Jerusalem
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In the See also:year 1042 he See also:left Constantinople, the See also:story says because he was refused the See also:hand of a princess, and on his way back to his own See also:country he married Ellisif or See also:Elizabeth, daughter of Yaroslav of Novgorod
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In See also:Sweden he allied himself with the defeated Sven of See also:Denmark against his See also:nephew See also:Magnus, now king of Norway, but soon See also:broke faith with Sven and accepted an offer from Magnus of half his kingdom
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In return for this See also:gift See also:Harald is said to have shared with Magnus the enormous treasure which he had amassed in the See also:East
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The death of Magnus in 1047 put an end to the growing jealousies between the two See also:kings, and Harald turned all his See also:attention to the task of subjugating Denmark, which he ravaged year after year; but he met with such stubborn resistance from Sven that in 1064 he gave up the See also:attempt and made See also:peace
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Two years afterwards, possibly instigated by the banished See also:Earl See also:Tostig of See also:Northumbria, he attempted the See also:conquest of See also:England, to the See also:sovereignty of which his predecessor had advanced a claim as successor of Harthacnut
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In See also:September ro66 he landed in See also:Yorkshire with a large See also:army, reinforced from See also:Scotland, See also:Ireland and the Orkneys; took See also:Scarborough by casting flaming brands into the See also:town from the high ground above it; defeated the Northumbrian forces at Fulford; and entered See also:York on the 24th of September
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But the following See also:day the See also:English Harold arrived from the See also:south, and the end of the See also:long day's fight at See also:Stamford See also:Bridge saw the rout of the See also:Norwegian forces after the fall of their king (25th of September ro66)
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He was only fifty years old, but he was,the first of the six kings who had ruled Norway since the death of Harald Haarfager to reach that age
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As a king he was unpopular on See also:account of his harshness and want of See also:good faith, but his many victories in the See also:face of See also:great odds prove him to have been a remarkable See also:general, of never-failing resourcefulness and indomitable courage
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