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Cnut's brother Harald may have been at Cnut's coronation, in 1016, returning to Denmark as its king, with part of the fleet, at some point thereafter. It is only certain, though, that there was an entry of his name, alongside Cnut's, in confraternity with Christ Church, Canterbury , in 1018. [ 52 ]
Cnut the Great. King Harald died childless in 1018 or 1019, leaving the country without a king. Cnut was his brother's heir and went to Denmark in 1019 to claim it. While there he sent his subjects in England a letter saying he was abroad to avert an unspecified "danger", [12] and he only returned to quell incipient rebellions. [13]
The Danish House of Knýtlinga (English: "House of Cnut's Descendants") was a ruling royal house in Middle Age Scandinavia and England. Its most famous king was Cnut the Great, who gave his name to this dynasty. Other notable members were Cnut's father Sweyn Forkbeard, grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot, and ...
After his father's death, he was elected to the Danish throne in 1014, while his brother, the later king Cnut the Great was elected to the throne of England. [6] After his death in 1018(?), he was succeeded by Cnut the Great. Little detail is known about Harald II. [1]
Cnut wasted no time to prepare for the reconquest, Among the allies of Denmark was Bolesław I the Brave, the duke of Poland, (later crowned king) a relative to the Danish royal house. He lent some Polish troops, [ 4 ] likely to have been a pledge made to Cnut and his brother Harald when, in the winter, they "went amongst the Wends " to fetch ...
The church, however, seems to have regarded Ælfgifu as Cnut's concubine rather than his wife. [138] In addition to the two sons he had with Ælfgifu, he had a further son with Emma, who was named Harthacnut. [138] [139] When Cnut's brother, Harald II, King of Denmark, died in 1018, Cnut went to Denmark to secure that realm. Two years later ...
Harthacnut was born shortly after the marriage of his parents in July or August 1017. [2] Cnut had put aside his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton to marry Emma, and according to the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a book she inspired many years later, Cnut agreed that any sons of their marriage should take precedence over the sons of his first marriage.
His brother Eilaf was an earl of King Cnut the Great and his sister Gytha Thorkelsdóttir married Godwin, Earl of Wessex. In 1016, he participated in Cnut the Great's invasion of England. He participated in the conquest of England as one of Cnut's most trusted men. From c. 1024 he was appointed the Jarl of Denmark and King Cnut's appointee as ...