Reign 1014–1018 Name Harald of Predecessor Sweyn Forkbeard Role King | Successor Cnut the Great Died 1018 Father Sweyn Forkbeard Siblings Cnut the Great | |
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Mother Swietoslawa / Sigrid/ Gunhild (detail) Parents Swietoslawa, Gunhild of Wenden, Sweyn Forkbeard, Sigrid the Haughty Grandparents Mieszko I of Poland, Harald Bluetooth, Doubravka of Bohemia, Skagul Toste, Tove of the Obotrites Cousins Mieszko II Lambert, Bezprym, Regelinda, Otto Boleslawowic, Matilda Similar People Sweyn Forkbeard, Cnut the Great, Harthacnut, Sweyn II of Denmark, Sigrid the Haughty | ||
Harald II of Denmark (died 1018) was King of Denmark from 1014 until his death in 1018. He was the youngest son of Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhild of Wenden, and was regent while his father was fighting Ethelred the Unready in England. He inherited the Danish throne in 1014, and held it while his brother, the later king Cnut the Great conquered England. After his death in 1018, he was succeeded by Cnut the Great. Little detail is known about Harald II.
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