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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 from 1035 to 1042 and King of the English from 1040 to 1042. Harthacnut was the son of King Cnut the Great (who ruled Denmark, Norway, and England) and Emma of Normandy. When Cnut died in ...
Harthacnut. Harthacnut, sometimes known as Canute III, reigned for a short time over his inherited kingdoms both in Denmark and England. His death on 8th June 1042, from a suspected stroke brought on by copious amounts of drinking, brought an end to his miserable reign for the people of England…. Harthacnut, sometimes known as Canute III ...
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 son of the semi-mythic viking chieftain Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, himself one of the sons of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok.
Oct 27, 2016 · Hardicanute, also known as Harthacnut, son of King Canute While Harthacnut was involved in a war against King Magnus I of Norway and unable to secure his claim of King, Harald was appointed regent in England and then promptly betrayed his brother and took the throne for himself.
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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 from 1035 to 1042 and King of the English from 1040 to 1042. Harthacnut was the son of King Cnut the Great (who ruled Denmark, Norway, and England) and Emma of Normandy.
views 2,828,216 updated. Harthacnut ( c. 1019–42), king of England (1040–2), was a son of Cnut by his second wife Emma of Normandy, widow of Æthelred II. At his father's death in 1035 he was in Denmark, but his mother put forward his claim to the throne of England against his half-brother Harold Harefoot.
Nov 13, 2023 · Harthacnut would be the last Danish king of England. However, he would not be the last Viking king to claim the English throne, as Harald Hardrada, who saw himself as a successor and heir of Harthacnut, would emerge two and a half decades after Harthacnut's death in 1066.
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