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Harthacnut (Danish: Hardeknud; [a] "Tough-knot"; [2] c. 1018 – 8 June 1042), traditionally Hardicanute, sometimes referred to as Canute III, was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of England 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 ...
Harold managed to win the throne against the superior claim of Harthacnut in this way. The 11th century provides other similar examples. Magnus I of Norway (reigned 1035–1047), who wasn't a warlord, had reigned for more than a decade when his uncle Harald Hardrada (reigned 1047–1066) challenged his rule. With Harald being a famous military ...
He died 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 height of his power, when Cnut ruled all three kingdoms (1028–1035), he was the most powerful ruler in western Europe after the Holy Roman Emperor. [b]
Cnut died on 12 November 1035 in Shaftesbury, Dorset. [1] In Denmark, he was succeeded by Harthacnut , reigning as Cnut III, although with a war in Scandinavia against Magnus I of Norway , Harthacnut was "forsaken [by the English] because he was too long in Denmark". [ 107 ]
Emiliàn e rumagnòl; ... Year 1035 was a common year ... Harthacnut is unable to travel to his coronation in England because his Danish kingdom is under threat of an ...
12 November 1035 – Cnut dies, and the kingdoms of Denmark and England are once again made separate. 17 June 1040 – King Harthacnut lands at Sandwich and regains the English throne. 8 June 1042 – Harthacnut dies and Magnus the Good succeeds him as King of Denmark while Edward the Confessor becomes king of England.
Harthacnut succeeded Harold as king of England (he is sometimes also known as Cnut II). He died two years later, and his half-brother Edward the Confessor became king. Edward was the son of Æthelred and Emma, and so with his succession to the throne the House of Wessex was restored.
1019–1035 c. 985/95 son of Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhild or Sigrid (1) Ælfgifu of Northampton two children (2) Emma of Normandy 2/31 July 1017 three children 12 November 1035 Shaftesbury aged about 40–50 Cnut III or Harthacnut III (Hardeknud) 1035–1042 Non-contemporary: c. 1020 England son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy: never ...