Harthacanute

Harthacnut (Cnut the Hardy, sometimes Harthacanute, Hardicanute, Hardecanute, Hörthaknútr; Danish: Hardeknud) (1018 – 8 June 1042) was a Danish-Norman King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 as well as King of England from 1040 to 1042. He came from Northmannia according to Adam of Bremen and was the only son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded to the throne of Denmark in 1035, reigning as Cnut III, yet a war against Magnus I of Norway... more

Harthacnut (Cnut the Hardy, sometimes Harthacanute, Hardicanute, Hardecanute, Hörthaknútr; Danish: Hardeknud) (1018 – 8 June 1042) was a Danish-Norman King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 as well as King of England from 1040 to 1042. He came from Northmannia according to Adam of Bremen and was the only son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy. He succeeded to the throne of Denmark in 1035, reigning as Cnut III, yet a war against Magnus I of Norway meant he could not secure his claim to the throne of England. Consequently, it was agreed that his elder illegitimate half-brother Harold Harefoot was to be regent there. Harold took the English crown for himself in 1037 — Harthacnut being "forsaken because he was too long in Denmark" — and the Queen-mother, Emma, who had previously been resident at Winchester with some of her son's housecarls, was made to flee to Bruges, in Flanders. Harthacnut settled his difficulties in Scandinavia through a treaty he had made with Magnus in 1038 or 1039.... less