House / Group: Danish
Born / died: 1018-1042
Reign: 1040-1042
aka Hardicnut and Harthacanute
The only legitimate son of Canute and Emma of Normandy.
He succeeded his father as king of Denmark, but a dispute with Norway prevented him from taking power in England and so his illegitimate half-brother Harold became the English regent.
Harold then took the English throne and, having resolved his problems in Scandinavia, Hardicanute prepared to invade England, but Harold died before this occurred and Hardicanute became King.
He was a ruthless and unpopular monarch. Unmarried and childless, he invited his half-brother Edward (the Confessor) to be his heir.
Hardicanute died suddenly and was buried at Winchester Cathedral.
The coin shown is the only image I have managed to find.
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