Harthacnut
- a variation of Hardecanute.
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The coins date between 1036 and 1044 during the reigns of Harold I, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor.
From BBC ● Jan. 7, 2025
King Harthacnut - the son of King Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy who died suddenly in 1042.
From BBC ● May 17, 2019
The third is that of the decadence, when, under Æthelred, the ill-welded empire fell asunder, and the Danish kings, Cnut, Harold, and Harthacnut, ruled over all England, including even the unconquered Wessex of Ælfred himself.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
Chron., ii, 129.67.At the death of Harold, Harthacnut was invited to accept the crown by an embassy from England, of which the Bishop of London was a member.
From London and the Kingdom - Volume I by Sharpe, Reginald R. (Reginald Robinson)
Cnut and his sons had bound the kingdom roughly into one; and the death of Harthacnut left an opportunity for the return of a descendant of Ælfred.
From Early Britain Anglo-Saxon Britain by Allen, Grant
