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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Magnus the Good (redirect from Magnus I (of Norway and Denmark))
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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Harold Harefoot (redirect from Harold I (of England))
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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Gorm the Old (redirect from Gorm I of Denmark)
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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Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye (redirect from Sigurd Orm i Øje)
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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Sweyn Forkbeard (redirect from Sweyn I of Denmark)
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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William the Conqueror (redirect from William I (of England))
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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Harald Hardrada (redirect from Harold III of Norway)
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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North Sea Empire (redirect from Empire of the North Sea)
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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Sigtrygg Gnupasson (redirect from Sigtrygg of Denmark)
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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Harold Godwinson (redirect from Harold II of England)
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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