Harthacnut
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Harthacnut was King of Denmark from 1035, and King of England from 1040 until his death in 1042. He was the last monarch of the North Sea Empire, an empire consisting of England and Denmark, and was a
Harthacnut in the 14th-century Genealogical Roll of the Kings of England
Cnut, king of England, Denmark, and Norway, with his sons Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut
Silver penny of Harthacnut
Harthacnut (left) meeting the young King Magnus the Good at the Göta älv river in modern-day Sweden. Illustration by Halfdan Egedius.
Cnut
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Cnut, also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms united und
Harthacnut
…North Sea Empire, an empire consisting of England and Denmark, and was also the last monarch of the House of Knýtlinga. Harthacnut was the son of King Cnut the Great, who ruled Denmark, Norway, and England, and Emma of Normandy. After Cnut's death in 1035, Harthacnut faced challenges in retaining his father's…
Contemporary drawing of King Cnut from the New Minster Liber Vitae, 1031
This runestone in Sweden (U 194), in memory of a Viking known as Alli, says he won Knútr's payment in England.
Medieval illumination depicting Kings Edmund Ironside (left) and Cnut (right), from the Chronica Majora written and illustrated by Matthew Paris
Silver penny of Cnut the Great with a quatrefoil on the obverse dating to the period c.1017–23