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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...
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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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    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...
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    regent of England following the death of his father in 1035. He initially ruled England in place of his brother Harthacnut, who was stuck in Denmark due...
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    reported son of semi-legendary Danish king Harthacnut. Chronicler Adam of Bremen says that Harthacnut came from Northmannia to Denmark and seized power...
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    and sons Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot, and Svein Knutsson. It has also been called the House of Canute, the House of Denmark, the House of Gorm, or the...
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    Cnut (redirect from Canute II of Denmark)
    from a line of Scandinavian rulers central to the unification of Denmark. Neither the place nor the date of his birth are known. Harthacnut I was the semi-legendary...
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    Danish king Harthacnut (the two were first cousins), and led a campaign for him against Norway, but was beaten by Magnus I of Norway. When Harthacnut...
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    member of the House of Knýtlinga and a sister of King Harthacnut, a half-sister of King Svein Knutsson of Norway and King Harold Harefoot of England...
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    1066, died without issue Goda of England c.1004 – c.1049 Alfred the Noble c. 1005–1036 Harthacnut Gunhilda of Denmark In 1036, Alfred Aetheling and Edward...
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    the Danish North Sea Empire. He married Emma of Normandy with whom he had a son named Harthacnut. When Cnut died (and after the brothers of Harthacnut also...
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  • son with Ælfgifu of Northampton, and Harthacnut, his son by Emma of Normandy. Godwin supported Harthacnut, crowned king of Denmark, and as the latter...
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    King of Denmark in 1019 and eventually also ruled Norway, parts of Sweden, Pomerania and Schleswig. Cnut and his sons, Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut, ruled...
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  • England (at least) by 1036, while Emma's son Harthacnut was away in Denmark, at war with the Norwegian king Magnus I, and the Swedes under their king Anund...
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    though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1589, he married Anne of Denmark. Three of their children survived to adulthood:...
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    and Elizabeth were both children of Frederick I of Denmark: Christian by Anne of Brandenburg, Elizabeth by Sophia of Pomerania. Cust 2005, p. 2; Weir...
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  • considered more legendary than historical kings of Denmark Harthacnut (Hardeknud) (c. 916 – c. 936), the father of Gorm the Old according to multiple sources...
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    kingdom of Denmark can be traced back to Harthacnut father of Gorm the Old (Old Norse: Gormr gamli, Danish: Gorm den gamle), who reigned in the early...
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  • Canute of Denmark - Danish: Knud - may refer to: Six kings of Denmark Harthacnut I of Denmark or Canute I the Hardy, legendary King of Denmark (916/17–934)...
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    Harold Harefoot, his son by his first wife, while Harthacnut, his son by Emma, became king in Denmark. England remained unstable. Alfred returned to England...
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    Dutch Protestant cousin, William III of Orange, in 1677, and Anne married the Lutheran Prince George of Denmark in 1683. On Charles's death in 1685, James...
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    After the death of Harthacnut, which had left the Danish throne vacant, Magnus had in addition been selected to be the king of Denmark, and managed to...
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  • from the 11th century in Denmark. Sweyn Forkbeard, 986–1014 Harald II of Denmark, 1014–c. 1018 Cnut the Great, 1018–1035 Harthacnut, 1035–1042 Magnus the...
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    England in 1016, Denmark in 1018 and Norway in 1028. He died in 1035 and his realm was again divided, but his successor in Denmark, Harthacnut, inherited England...
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    list of Danish monarchs, that is, the kings and queen regnants of Denmark. This includes: The Kingdom of Denmark (up to 1397) Personal union of Denmark and...
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    Alfred Aetheling and with Cnut, Harthacnut, so completing a major link between the Duke of Normandy and the Crown of England that would add validity to...
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    the power-base of the family. Based on the testimony of king Sweyn, Adam reports that prior to Hoger's death, Harthacnut came to Denmark and immediately...
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  • Norway Harthacnut or Canute III (c. 1018 – 1042), King of Denmark and England, son of Cnut the Great Canute I of Sweden (before 1150–1195/96), King of Sweden...
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    son with Emma, who was named Harthacnut. When Cnut's brother, Harald II, King of Denmark, died in 1018, Cnut went to Denmark to secure that realm. Two years...
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    succession pact concluded between Harthacnut, king of England and Denmark, and Magnus I of Norway, whereby the kingdoms of the first to die were to pass to...
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