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HARDICANUTE [more correctly HARDACNUT] (c. 1019-1042)

This article appears in Volume V12, Page 942 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: HAN-HEG
HARDICANUTE [more correctly HARDACNUT] (c. 1019-1042) , son of Canute, king of England, by his wife AElfgifu or Emma, was born about 1019. In the contest for the English crown which followed the death of Canute in 1035 the claims of Hardicanute were supported by Emma and her ally, Godwine,
earl
  of the West
Saxons
 , in opposition to those of Harold, Canute's illegitimate son, who was backed by the Mercian
earl
  Leofric and the
chief
  men of the north. At a meeting of the witan at
Oxford
  a compromise was ultimately arranged by which Harold was temporarily elected regent of all England, pending the final
settlement
  of the question on the return of Hardicanute from Denmark. The compromise was strongly opposed by Godwine and Emma, who for a time forcibly held Wessex in Hardicanute's behalf. But Harold's party rapidly increased; and early in 1037 he was definitely elected king. Emma was driven out and took
refuge
  at Bruges. In 1039 Hardicanute joined her, and together they concerted an attack on England. But next year Harold died; and Hardicanute peacefully succeeded. His short reign was marked by
great
  oppression and cruelty. He caused the dead
body
  of Harold to be dug up and thrown into a fen; he exacted so heavy a geld for the support of his foreign
fleet
  that
great
  discontent was created throughout the kingdom, and in Worcestershire a general uprising took place against those sent to collect the tax, whereupon he burned the city of Worcester to the ground and devastated the surrounding country; in 1041 he permitted Edwulf, earl of Northumbria, to be treacherously murdered after having granted him a safe-conduct. While " he stood at his drink " at the
marriage
  feast of one of his flegns he was suddenly seized with a fit, from which he died a few days afterwards on the 8th of June 1042.


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