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See also:HARALD III . (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)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. In return for this See also:gift Harald is said to have shared with Magnus the enormous treasure which he had amassed in the See also:East. 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. 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. 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. 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). 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. 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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