Peerage Record – 10220

     Ælgifu of Northampton was born circa 996.² She was the daughter of Ælfhelm, Ealdorman of Northampton and Wulfrun (?)² She married Canute II Sveynsson, King of England and Denmark, son of Sveyn I ‘Forkbeard’ Haraldsson, King of Denmark and England and Gunhilda of Poland.¹ She died circa 1044.²

     Harold I, King of England was born illegitimately between 1016 and 1017.¹ He was the son of Canute II Sveynsson, King of England and Denmark and Ælgifu of Northampton.² He married Ælgifu (?)¹ He died on 17 March 1040 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He was buried at St. Clement Danes Church, The Strand, London, England^G.¹
     Harold I, King of England also went by the nick-name of Harold ‘Harefoot’ (?)² He was crowned King of England in 1037 at Oxford, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He gained the title of King Harold I of England in 1037.¹
     Canute, the previous king, had intended that his legitimate son Hardicanute should succeed him but at the time of his death Harthacnut was fighting in Denmark and a Council held at Oxford in 1036 decreed that Harold should be Regent. While Harold was made King in 1037, it is likely that his mother Ælfgifu was the real ruler.²

     Sweyn, King of Norway was born circa 1015.² He was the son of Canute II Sveynsson, King of England and Denmark and Ælgifu of Northampton.¹ He died between 1036 and 1037.²
     He succeeded as the King Sweyn of Norway in 1030.² He was deposed as King of Norway in 1035.³

     Harthacnut Cnutsson, King of England and Denmark was born circa 1018.¹ He was the son of Canute II Sveynsson, King of England and Denmark and Emma de Normandie.^2,3 He died on 8 June 1042 at Lambeth, London, England^G, while drinking a toast at a wedding.¹ He was buried at Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, Hampshire, England^G.⁴
     He succeeded as the King Harthacnut of England on 12 November 1035.¹ He succeeded as the King Harthacnut of Denmark on 12 November 1035.¹ He was deposed as King of England in 1037.¹ He succeeded as the King Harthacnut of England on 17 March 1040.¹
     Harthacnut was invited to be King on his half brother’s death and was brought to England with a fleet of 62 warships. He was the last Danish King of England and he demanded high taxes from the people to pay for his fleet and army. When his tax collectors went to Worcester, two of them were cornered by a mob in the tower of the Minster where they had gone to hide, and were murdered. Harthacnut sent an army to seek revenge but the good citizens of Worcester successfully defended themselves on Bevere island in the Severn. The thwarted army then burned down Worcester.⁵

     Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte de Conteville married Herleva de Falaise, daughter of Fulbert (?) and Duxia (?), between 1029 and 1035.²
     He gained the title of Vicomte de Conteville.¹

     Odo de Bayeaux, Earl of Kent was born between 1031 and 1035.¹ He was the son of Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte de Conteville and Herleva de Falaise. He died in February 1097 at Palermo, Sicily, Italy^G.¹ He was buried at Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy^G.¹
     He was also known as Eudes de.¹ He held the office of Bishop of Bayeux in 1049.¹ He gained the title of Earl of Kent between 1066 and 1067.¹

     Robert de Burgo, Earl of Cornwall was born between 1030 and 1031.² He was the son of Herluin de Conteville, Vicomte de Conteville and Herleva de Falaise. He married Matilda de Montgomery, daughter of Roger de Montgomery, Earl of Shrewsbury and Mabel de Bellême, before 1066.² He married Almodis (?)² He died on 8 December 1090.² He was buried at Abbey of St. Grestain, France^G.²
     He gained the title of Comte de Mortain between 1049 and 1056.² He gained the title of Earl of Cornwall between 1066 and 1067.²

     Alain IV Fergent de Bretagne, Duc de Bretagne was the son of Hoël de Cornouaille, Comte de Cornouaille and Hawise de Bretagne. He married, firstly, Constance de Normandie, daughter of William I ‘the Conqueror’, King of England and Matihilde van Vlaanderen, in 1086 at Caen, Normandy, France^G.² He married, secondly, Ermisende d‘Anjou, daughter of Fulk IV ‘le Rechin’, Comte d’Anjou and Hildegard de Baugency, in 1093. He died on 13 October 1119 at Caen, Normandy, France^G.²
     He gained the title of Duc de Bretagne in 1084.¹ He abdicated as Duke of Brittany in 1112.

     Guglielmo II di Sicilia, Re di Sicilia was born circa 1154.² He was the son of Guglielmo I di Sicilia, Re di Sicilia and Marguerite de Navarre, Rengent di Sicilia.^1,3 He married Joan Plantagenet, daughter of Henry II ‘Curtmantle’ d‘Anjou, King of England and Eleanor, Duchesse d’Aquitaine, on 13 February 1177 at Palermo Cathedral, Palermo, Sicily, Italy^G.² He died on 18 November 1189 at Palermo, Sicily, Italy^G.
     Guglielmo II di Sicilia, Re di Sicilia also went by the nick-name of William ‘the Good’.¹ He succeeded as the King William II of Naples and Sicily in 1166.¹

     Raimond V, Comte de Toulouse was the son of Alphonse I ‘Jourdain’ de Toulouse, Comte de Toulouse and Faydide d‘Uzès.^2,3 He married Constance de Toulouse, daughter of Louis VI Capet, Roi des Francs and Adelaide di Savoia, circa 1154.¹ He and Constance de Toulouse were divorced in 1165/66. He died in 1194 at Nimes, Gard, France.^2,3
     He gained the title of Marquis de Provence in 1148.³ He succeeded as the Comte de Toulouse in 1148.²