Knud III / Harthacanute

[norwegianne]

Name: Knud III Hardeknud

English Name: Harthacanute

Birth: 1018

Child of: Canute the Great and Emma of Normandy

Reign: Denmark: 1035 to 1042. England: 1040 to 1042

Marriage: -

Children: -

Death: June 8, 1042

Throne passed to: Denmark: Magnus the Good, England: Edward the Confessor

Notes:

Buried next to his father in Winchester.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Picture of King Knud III
http://www.alamy.com/king-hardicanute-image5070628.html

 

[Blog Real]

A painting of Harthacnut by Christen Nielsen Overgaard from around 1880 commissioned by The Museum of National History at Frederiksborg Castle.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe...rdeknud_of_Denmark_and_England_(ca._1880).jpg

Harthacnut (left) meeting the young King Magnus the Good at the Göta älv river in modern-day Sweden. Illustration by Halfdan Egedius.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipe..._saga_-_Magnus_og_Horda-Knut_-_H._Egedius.jpg