Harthacanute

Rank:	20th
Ruled:	March 17, 1040–June 8, 1042
Predecessor:	Harold I
Date of Birth:	1018
Place of Birth:	England
Wife:	Never married
Buried:	Winchester Cathedral
Date of Death:	June 8, 1042
Parents:	Canute and Emma

Harthacanute (sometimes Hardicanute, Hardecanute; Danish Hardeknud, Canute the Hardy) (1018/1019–June 8, 1042) was a King of Denmark (1035–1042) and England (1035–1037, 1040–1042). He was the only son of Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy. Coin of Harthacanute. ... March 17 is the 76th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (77th in Leap years). ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... Harold I Harefoot (c. ... Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close Winchester Cathedral in Winchester, Hampshire is one of the largest cathedrals in England. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Emma (c. ... Events Bulgaria becomes part of the Byzantine Empire. ... Events Toi invasion: Jurchen pirates invade Kyushu. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... // Events Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kyiv. ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Events April 18/April 19 - Emperor Michael V of the Byzantine Empire attempts to remain sole Emperor by sending his adoptive mother and co-ruler Zoe of Byzantium to a monastery. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Emma (c. ...

He succeeded his father as King of Denmark in 1035, reigning as Canute III, but conflict with Magnus I of Norway prevented him from sailing to England to secure his position there. Consequently, it was agreed that his elder illegitimate half-brother Harold Harefoot would be regent in charge of England. Events Harthacanute becomes king of Denmark. ... Magnus I (1024 - October 25, 1047) was a King of Norway (1035 - 1047) and king of Denmark (1042 - 1047). ... Harold I Harefoot (c. ... // High public office A regent, from the Latin regens who reigns is anyone who acts of head of state, especially if not the Monarch (who has higher titles). ...

Harold took the English crown for himself in 1037—Harthacanute being "forsaken because he was too long in Denmark".¹ After Harthacanute had settled the situation in Scandinavia through an agreement (in 1038 or 1039) with Magnus in which they agreed that if either of them should die without an heir, the other would be his successor², Harthacanute prepared an invasion of England to depose Harold, arriving at Bruges in Flanders, where his exiled mother was, in 1039. Harold, however, died before the invasion could occur, in March 1040. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Harthacanute then landed at Sandwich in June, "seven days before Midsummer" (June 17), with a fleet of 62 warships. Being unable to exact vengeance upon his brother while he was still alive, he "had the dead Harold dragged up and thrown into a fen."¹ // Events Construction of the church of Saint Sophia Cathedral is started in Kyiv. ... Scandinavia, Fennoscandia, and the Kola Peninsula. ... Events Independent declaration of Western Xia. ... Events June 4 - Germany. ... Sometimes referred to as the Venice of the North, Bruges has many waterways that run through the city. ... Flanders (Flemish, Fleming) (Dutch: Vlaanderen (Vlaams, Vlaming), French: Flandre(s), (flamand, flamand), German: Flandern, (flämisch, Flame) has two main designations: a constituent nation and a state of the federal Belgian state trough its social and political organisations, and trough the institutions of the Flemish Community (with its... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain. ... Arms of Sandwich Town Council Sandwich is an historic town in Kent, south-east England. ... Midsummer celebration, Ã…mmeberg, Sweden Midsummer, or Litha as it was known by the ancient Germanic peoples and to this day by modern Pagans, refers the period of time centered upon the summer solstice and the religious celebrations that accompany it. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) is a standard notation for describing a particular board position of a Chess game. ...

Harthacanute was a harsh and very unpopular ruler: to pay for his fleet, he severely increased the rate of taxation, and perhaps the most notable event of his reign in England was a revolt at Worcester in 1041 against these high taxes. This revolt was crushed, with the near-destruction of Worcester. The story of Lady Godiva riding naked through the streets of Coventry to persuade the local earl to lower taxes may come from the reign of Harthacanute. The city of Worcester (pronounced Wuh-ster) is the county town of Worcestershire in England; the river Severn runs through the middle, with the citys large Worcester Cathedral overlooking the river. ... Events December 10 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. Revolt at Worcester against the naval taxes of Harthacanute. ... This article refers to Lady Godiva. ... The Precinct in Coventry city centre For alternative meanings see: Coventry (disambiguation) Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. ...

Harthacanute invited his half-brother Edward the Confessor (his mother Emma's son by Ethelred the Unready) back from exile in Normandy to become his co-ruler and heir; the ASC places this event in 1041. Harthacanute was unmarried and had no children. In June 1042, he died at Lambeth—he "died as he stood at his drink, and he suddenly fell to the earth with an awful convulsion; and those who were close by took hold of him, and he spoke no word afterwards..."¹ He was buried at Winchester. Edward assumed the throne on Harthacanute's death, restoring the Saxon royal line for his lifetime. Edward the Confessor or Eadweard III (c. ... Ethelred II (Old English: Æþelred) (c. ... Mont Saint Michel is a historic pilgrimage site and a symbol of Normandy Normandy is a geographical region in northern France. ... Events December 10 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V. Revolt at Worcester against the naval taxes of Harthacanute. ... Lambeth is a place in the London Borough of Lambeth. ... Winchester Cathedral as seen from the Cathedral Close Arms of Winchester City Council Winchester is a city in southern England, and the administrative capital of the county of Hampshire, with a population of around 35,000. ... A map showing the general locations of the major Anglo-Saxon kingdoms The Anglo-Saxons were a group of Germanic tribes from Angeln—a peninsula in the southern part of Schleswig, protruding into the Baltic Sea, and what is now Lower Saxony, in the north-west coast of Germany—who...

References

1. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 1035–1042.
2. Stenton, Frank M., Anglo-Saxon England (1943), Chapter XII: "England and the Scandinavian World".

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of (mainly) secondary source documents narrating the history of the Anglo-Saxons and their settlement in Britain. ... Sir Frank Merry Stenton (1880–September 15, 1967) was a noted 20th century historian of Anglo-Saxon England. ...

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