The succession to the English crown, a historical sketch1879 |
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... Ethelred's second wife and family Canute's marriage with Emma His promise as to the crown His breach of it . Harold Harefoot , A.D. 1035 . 3 3 3 3 2 233 ∞ ∞ 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Murder of Alfred Flight of Edward ( The Confessor ) b 2.
... Ethelred's second wife and family Canute's marriage with Emma His promise as to the crown His breach of it . Harold Harefoot , A.D. 1035 . 3 3 3 3 2 233 ∞ ∞ 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 Murder of Alfred Flight of Edward ( The Confessor ) b 2.
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... wife a partaker of it Harold , William's competitor • Harold's questionable descent from the House of Cerdic Death of Edward the Confessor , A.D. 1066 • Harold , the son of Godwin , A.D. 1066 , January 6 to October 14 . Battle of ...
... wife a partaker of it Harold , William's competitor • Harold's questionable descent from the House of Cerdic Death of Edward the Confessor , A.D. 1066 • Harold , the son of Godwin , A.D. 1066 , January 6 to October 14 . Battle of ...
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... wife . Treaty between Stephen and Matilda's son Henry , A.D. 1153 The Plantagenets , A.D. 1154 to 1485 . Accession of Henry , A.D. 1154 Henry's eldest son crowned , A.D. 1170 Death of young Henry , A.D. 1183 . Death of Henry II . , A.D. ...
... wife . Treaty between Stephen and Matilda's son Henry , A.D. 1153 The Plantagenets , A.D. 1154 to 1485 . Accession of Henry , A.D. 1154 Henry's eldest son crowned , A.D. 1170 Death of young Henry , A.D. 1183 . Death of Henry II . , A.D. ...
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... wife , Emma , sister of Richard I. , and family . Duke of Normandy , whose ambitious house thus became nearly allied to the English royal family , without , however , sharing its blood . By Emma , Ethelred had , besides Alfred , Edward ...
... wife , Emma , sister of Richard I. , and family . Duke of Normandy , whose ambitious house thus became nearly allied to the English royal family , without , however , sharing its blood . By Emma , Ethelred had , besides Alfred , Edward ...
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... wife a through Alfred himself . But succession to the partaker of English throne had never yet accrued through a ... wives , of whom the first , Thyra , was related to Canute , the second , Gytha , was Harold's mother . from the house of ...
... wife a through Alfred himself . But succession to the partaker of English throne had never yet accrued through a ... wives , of whom the first , Thyra , was related to Canute , the second , Gytha , was Harold's mother . from the house of ...
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