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Harthacnut (Danish: Hardeknud; "Tough-knot"; c. 1018 – 8 June 1042),
traditionally Hardicanute,
sometimes referred to as
Canute III, was King of Denmark...
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Harthacnut or Cnut I (Danish: Hardeknud; Old Norse: Hǫrða-Knútr) was a semi-legendary King of Denmark. The old
Norse story Ragnarssona þáttr
makes Harthacnut...
- his
father in 1035. He
initially ruled England in
place of his
brother Harthacnut, who was
stuck in
Denmark due to a
rebellion in
Norway which had ousted...
- Normandy. He
succeeded Cnut the Great's son – and his own half-brother –
Harthacnut. He
restored the rule of the
House of Wes****
after the
period of Danish...
- each husband,
Harthacnut and
Edward the Confessor. In 1035 when her
second husband Cnut died and was
succeeded by
their son
Harthacnut, who was in Denmark...
-
unification of Denmark.
Neither the
place nor the date of his
birth are known.
Harthacnut I was the semi-legendary
founder of the
Danish royal house at the beginning...
- the
reported son of semi-legendary
Danish king
Harthacnut.
Chronicler Adam of
Bremen says that
Harthacnut came from
Northmannia to
Denmark and
seized power...
- in 1035 and his
realm was
again divided, but his
successor in Denmark,
Harthacnut,
inherited England in 1040 and
ruled it
until his
death in 1042. At the...
- 1042,
Harthacnut died
while in England, and
Magnus also
became King of Denmark, in
spite of a
claim by Cnut's
nephew Sweyn Estridsen, whom
Harthacnut had...
- Cnut's
father Sweyn Forkbeard,
grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons
Harthacnut,
Harold Harefoot, and
Svein Knutsson. It has also been
called the House...
