Today we watch Harald Hardrada Part 2: The Last Viking by History Dose.
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I think my favorite thing about History Dose is how human the stories feel. Studying history you almost can forget these are just regular people doing these things, great reaction/breakdown once again.
1:55 By 1044, Magnus was already recognized as king of Denmark, I believe (his reign is typically stated to begin in 1035 for Norway and 1042 for Denmark). Don't know the exaxt timeline, but this could just have been to crush a rebellion. Also, given he was a baby when his father died in 1030, he couldn't have been older than 15 at the time, so the beard he's depicted with is kind of weird.
Regarding claiming the English throne, that's mainly because Cnut the Great had ruled England (1016), Denmark (1018) and Norway (1028) until his death in 1035. His son Harthacnut (1035-1042 in Denmark) made a deal with Magnus when he left Denmark to become king of England in 1040 (to take it back from his brother Harold Harefoot, who died before he arrived). Magnus and Harthacnut agreed that whoever of the two died first, the other would inherit his kingdom. When Harthacnut died, Magnus claimed the English throne too (which was occupied by a half-brother of Harthacnut, Edward the Confessor). That claim was later picked up by Harald Hardrada, who failed to take the Danish throne.
Svein, the rebel Danish earl/king, is the nephew of Cnut the Great (1016/1018/1028-1035) through his sister Astrid, which is why he's known as Svein Estridsen instead of having his father's name as a patronym.
11:53 I don't know if it was outright polygamy, but I think both Anglo-Saxon and Scandinavian cultures allowed a man to "set aside" his first wife to remarry, without it being considered an equivalent to a repudiation.
Cnut the Great, who ruled in England (1016-1035), Denmark (1018) and Norway (1028) famously had a first Anglo-Saxon wife, Ælfgifu of Northampton, with whom he'd had children, and then married Emma of Normandy, the widow of King Æthelred II the Unready, to consolidate his rule over England. But there's no evidence that Ælfgifu or her children were ever really repudiated, since she and her son Svein Knutsson (not the one in the video) served as regents of Norway on behalf of Knut until 1034, when they were driven out by revolt. Her other son, Harold Harefoot, became king of England (1035-1040) after usurping the throne from his half-brother Harthacnut (son of Cnut and Emma of Normandy) who already ruled in Denmark.
He deserves a Movie series I swear he literally is real life Conan makes me wanna rewatch Vikings you should see the mongol videos by History Does especially the Sacking Of Baghdad also : Funfact many Norse settled in russia and Ukraine and ended up being more Slavic then Norse and adopted they’re orthodox Christianity and helped build Kiev