Hacco

Also known as: Earl Hacco · Family: Danes · Role: earl · First appears: A.D. 1074–1082

Life events

• 1075 · Cnute Swainson and Hacco's Danish fleet broke into St. Peter's minster at York and took treasure.(A.D. 1074–1082 · 📍 York)
  • With: Cnute Swainson
  • “They went rather to York, and broke into St. Peter's minster, and took therein much treasure, and so went away.”

A.D. 1074–1082

• with Cnute Swainson (They are identified as captains in the same fleet; mere co-presence does not establish an alliance.) “Soon after that came east from Denmark two hundred ships; wherein were two captains, Cnute Swainson, and Earl Hacco; but they durst not maintain a fight with King William.”

Also listed in Danes — Minor Figures

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Extracted from the original text of The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Made with Rho MD.