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Harald only broke his word to William The Bastard when the Saxon, Danish, and Anglish nobility voted him in as King instead. Being a Dano-Saxon, the vote of the Allthing and the opinions of the Fyrdmen mattered much more to him (and everyone else on the island at the time) than did the plainly bought-and-paid-for endorsement of the Pope -or- the word of William Of Normandy who, besides having a reputation for unpredictability, heresy, and molesting every choirboy who didn't run faster than he did (good ol' Catharism) was -also- widely viewed as a likely impediment to the English continental trade in wool and tin.
William Of Normandy was an illegitimate invader and usurper with excellent luck in picking archers. Nothing more. You might as well try to claim that Henry II was the rightful Ard Ri (High King) of Ireland because his invasion was sanctioned by Pope Adrian!
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