HARTHACANUTE

härˈthăkənoot, Hardicanute, or Hardecanuteboth: härˈdĭkənoot, d. 1042, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of the English (1040–42); son of Canute and Emma. On his father's death (1035) he succeeded to the throne of Denmark, where he was already the effective ruler. In England his illegitimate half brother, Harold Harefoot, first acted as regent, then as king (1037–40), while Harthacanute in Denmark was reaching a settlement with Magnus I of Norway. Harold's death in 1040 allowed Harthacanute to take over the English throne peaceably, although he arrived in England with 62 warships. His reign was quarrelsome and oppressive, but by indicating as his heir Edward the Confessor he averted a possible dynastic struggle when his own death ended the male line of the royal Danish house in England.

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1.
History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen
Book by Adam of Bremen, Francis J. Tschan; Columbia University Press, 2002
Subjects: Catholic Church--Archdiocese Of Hamburg-Bremen--History--To 1500
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The World of the Middle Ages: A Reorientation of Medieval History
Book by John L. Lamonte; Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1949
Subjects: Middle Ages
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Historical Writing in England
Book by Antonia Gransden; Routledge, 1996
Subjects: Great Britain--Historiography
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A Constitutional and Legal History of England
Book by Goldwin Smith; Charles Scribners Sons, 1955
Subjects: Constitutional History--Great Britain, Law--Great Britain--History
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The English and the Normans: Ethnic Hostility, Assimilation, and Identity, 1066-C. 1220
Book by Hugh M. Thomas; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Anglo-Saxons, Assimilation (Sociology)--History--To 1500, Great Britain--Ethnic Relations--History--To 1500, Great Britain--History--Norman Period, 1066-1154, Great Britain--History--Plantagenets, 1154-1399, Group Identity--Great Britain--History--To 1500, Normans--Great Britain, Social Conflict--Great Britain--History--To 1500
...protect Danes3 Edward the Confessors biographer, recording how Edward had come to the throne after the death of Canutes son Harthacanute in 1042, speaks of the English as having been afflicted by barbaric servitude and describes the joy of everyone at native...
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Harthacanute
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARTHACANUTE har thak noot, Hardicanute, or Hardecanute both...first acted as regent, then as king (1037 40), while Harthacanute in Denmark was reaching a settlement with Magnus I of Norway. Harolds death in 1040 allowed Harthacanute to take over the English throne peaceably, although...
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Hardicanute
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARDICANUTE see Harthacanute . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Harold Harefoot
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the succession of his half brother Harthacanute to the English throne. A compromise...which Harold would be regent while Harthacanute would remain in Denmark, but in 1037...bloodshed and confusion, and he died as Harthacanute was preparing to invade England and...
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Magnus I
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Canute . In 1038 he made a treaty with another son of Canute, Harthacanute of Denmark, by which either king, if he died without an heir...granted an amnesty and revoked Sweyns laws. He succeeded (1042) Harthacanute in Denmark and claimed the throne of England, but he was...
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Siward
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...rd, d. 1055, earl of Northumbria. A Danish warrior, he probably came to England with King Canute. At the behest of King Harthacanute in 1041 he ravaged Worcestershire and perhaps murdered Eadwulf of Northumbria; thereafter he was himself earl of Northumbria...
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