Hardicanute
Britishnoun
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Paddy Prendergast won the equivalent of the Racing Post Trophy twice in three years in the early 1960s, first with the brilliant filly Noblesse in 1962 and then with Hardicanute in 1964.
From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2010
She went to Flanders, and there sent to Hardicanute, urging him by the most earnest importunities to come to England and assert his claims to the crown.
From King Alfred of England Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
Hardicanute, when fairly established on his throne, governed his realm like a tyrant.
From King Alfred of England Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob
The English, on the death of Hardicanute, saw a favorable opportunity for recovering their liberty, and for shaking off the Danish yoke, under which they had so long labored.
From The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John by Hume, David
Queen Emma, Canute's wife, wished to have her little son Harthaknud—or Hardicanute, as he was afterwards called in England—made king of Denmark, but could not persuade her husband King Canute to accede to her wishes.
From Historical Tales, Vol. 9 (of 15) The Romance of Reality. Scandinavian. by Morris, Charles
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