Harthacanute
Britishnoun
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Harthacanute was advised to submit; he knelt before his father and obtained forgiveness, as the King realised that no responsibility could lodge with a witless boy.
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"Next he led his son Harthacanute to his own high-seat and gave him the kings-name with the government of the Danish realms."
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It is significant that the only one who is awarded the royal title is Harthacanute, the youngest of the King's three sons; but he was also the only one who was of legitimate birth.
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There can be little doubt that Canute intended to make Harthacanute the heir to all his realms.
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Two children were born to this marriage: Harthacanute, who ruled briefly in Denmark and England after the death of his father and of his half-brother Harold; and Gunhild, who was married to the Emperor Henry III.
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