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Rulers 
 HAROLD (Harefoot, King of England 1037-1040)
1040 A new minter at Much Wenlock
 Mar 17 Harold Harefoot dies
 Jun Harthacanute lands in England and becomes King
 Aug 14 Duncan is killed by Macbeth
 HARTHACNUT (King of England 1040-1042)
1040 A new minter at Much Wenlock
 Mar 17 Harold Harefoot dies
 Jun Harthacanute lands in England and becomes King
 Aug 14 Duncan is killed by Macbeth
1041 A year of storms and disease
  Truce of God
  Edward the Confessor returns to England
1042 Magnus becomes King of Denmark
 Jun 8 Harthacanute dies and Edward the Confessor becomes King
 EDWARD (The Confessor, King of England 1042-1066)
1042 Magnus becomes King of Denmark
 Jun 8 Harthacanute dies and Edward the Confessor becomes King
1043 Leofric founds Coventry Abbey
 Easter Edward the Confessor crowned
 Nov Edward confiscated Emma's land
1044 Geoffrey Martel takes Tours and Touraine
1045 Crinan killed during uprising
 Jan Edward marries
1046 Severe winter
  Clement II becomes Pope
1047 Magnus of Norway dies
1048 Aldred founds Monastery at Gloucester
  Earthquake
 Jul Damasus II was elected Pope
1049 Sweyn exiled for murder
  Leo IX becomes Pope
 May 1 Earthquake in Midlands
Other Key People 
 Leofric (Earl of Mercia)
 Duncan (I, Scottish king)
 Macbeth (Scottish King)
 Henry (I, King of France 1031-1060)
 Magnus (I, King of Norway)
 Emma (of Normandy, Wife of Aethelred)
 Geoffrey (Martel, I, count of Anjou)
 Crinan (Abbot of Dunkeld)
 Malcolm (III, Scottish King 1058-1093)
 Edith (Daughter of Godwine)
 Godwine (Earl of Wessex)
 Hardrada, Harold
 Godwineson, Sweyn
Episodes 
 Viking Invasions
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1040 Mar 17 Harold Harefoot dies
1042 Jun 8 Harthacanute dies and Edward the Confessor becomes King
 Edward the Confessor and Earl Godwine
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1045 Jan Edward marries
1049 Sweyn exiled for murder
Religious Building Construction 
1040 A new minter at Much Wenlock
1048 Aldred founds Monastery at Gloucester
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