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Harthacanute

British  
/ ˈhɑːθəkəˌnjuːt /

noun

  1. ?1019–42, king of Denmark (1035–42) and of England (1040–42); son of Canute

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Here the party was joined by Queen Emma and the five-year-old princeling Harthacanute accompanied by a strong force of housecarles.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

Leofric put Harthacanute on the throne, and your father, who was a man, helped him.

From Hereward, the Last of the English by Kingsley, Charles

Gunhild followed in 1038; Harold in 1040; and Harthacanute in 1042.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

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.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

Harthacanute died at Lambeth, only a few miles from London.

From Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age by Larson, Laurence Marcellus

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