Harthacnut 
Harthacnut was born about 1019. Harthacnut's father was Cnut and his mother was Emma of Normandy. His paternal grandparents were Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhilda of Poland; his maternal grandparents were Richard I of Normandy and Cunnora or Gunnor. He had a sister named Gunnhild of. He had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named Harold, Swein of, Edward "The Confessor" of, Alfred of and Goda of. He died due to stroke brought on by excessive intake of alcohol on June 8th, 1042 in Lambeth, across the Thame from London. He was buried in Old Minster, Winchester, England alonside his father Cnut.General Notes
Harthacnut became a foster son to Ulf, the most powerful of the Danish nobles. Ulf was married to Cnut's sister Estrith and was also the King's regent in Denmark.
Harthacnut died in his early twenties while drinking a the wedding feast of an Anglo-Danish aristocrat, Tofi the Proud, who had been his father's standard bearer.
Died without issue
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0858 d.0899
- b.~ 0880 d.BET 931 AND 956
- b.~ 0860 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0958 d.0988
- b.~ 0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon-On-Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 0884 d.0935
- b.~ 0880 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0935 d.2 FEB 1013/14
- b.~ 0867 d.~ 0950
- b.0885 in Sweden d.0964
- b.~ 0930 in Denmark d.0982
- b.~ 0863 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 886 AND 890 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
- b. in Denmark d.12 Nov 1035 in Shaftesbury, England
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 1019 d.08 Jun 1042 in Lambeth, across the Thame from London
- b.BET 830 AND 832 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.BET 889 AND 894 in More, Scotland
- b.BET 846 AND 870 in Denmark d.~ 0932 in probably Normandy, France
- b.BET 834 AND 850 in Maer, Nord Trondelad, Norway d.0892 in Orkney Isles, Scotland
- b.BET 885 AND 900 in Normandy, France d.17 DEC 942 in Normandy, France (murdered by Arnulf of Flanders)
- b.BET 847 AND 875 in Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne, France d.BET 886 AND 893
- b.~ 0872 d.~ 0938 in Normandy, France
- b.BET 855 AND 880 in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0935 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France d.20 NOV 996 in Fecamp, Seine Inferieure, Normandy, France
- b.BET 840 AND 850 in Picardie, France d.BEF 6 NOV 907 in Murdered
- b.0884 in Picardie, France d.23 FEB 942/43 in St. Quintin
- b.BET 840 AND 862 in Anjou, France d.0902
- b.~ 0911 in Bretagne, Indre-Et-Loire, Provence, France d.~ 0972
- b.AFT 15 SEP 866 in Neustria or Bourgogne, France d.15 JUN 923 in Killed in battle near Soissons, France
- b.BET 887 AND 897 in Bretagne, Normandy d.AFT MAR 930/31 in France
- b.BET 866 AND 880 in Picardie, France d.< 0890
- b.~ 0987 in Normandy, France d.6 MAR 1051/52 in England
- b.~ 0858 d.0899
- b.~ 0880 d.BET 931 AND 956
- b.~ 0860 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0958 d.0988
- b.~ 0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon-On-Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 0884 d.0935
- b.~ 0880 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 936 AND 952 in Denmark d.1031 in Normandy, France
- b.~ 0867 d.~ 0950
- b.0885 in Sweden d.0964
- b.~ 0930 in Denmark d.0982
- b.~ 0863 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 886 AND 890 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.UNKNOWN
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