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Horda-Knut Sigurdsson |
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Male |
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Harthacnut of Denmark |
| Death |
Yes, date unknown |
| Notes |
- «b»http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal18706
http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps15/ps15_427.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harthacnut_of_Denmark
Harthacnut«/b» (born c. 890) was a legendary «u»King of Denmark «/u». He is alternatively given as the son of an otherwise unknown "Sweyn," or, as presented by «u»«i»Ragnarssona þáttr «/u»«/i», of the semi-mythic «u»viking «/u» «u»chieftain «/u» «u»Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye «/u», himself one of the sons of the legendary «u»Ragnar Lodbrok «/u». Historians have suggested that Harthacnut was a grandson of Sigurd rather than a son; both claims are impossible to verify.
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Predecessors
«/b»In the 890s, according to «u»clergyman «/u» «u»Adam of Bremen «/u» who came from Germany to record the history of the «u»Archbishops of Bremen «/u», king «u»Helge «/u» was deposed and Denmark was conquered by «u»Swedes «/u» led by «u»Olof the Brash «/u». He, along with two of his sons, «u»Gyrd and Gnupa «/u» took the realm "by force of arms,"«u»[1]«/u» and ruled it together, thus founding the «u»House of Olaf «/u» in Denmark. Adam reports that they were followed by a «u»Sigtrygg «/u». That he was son of Gnupa by a Danish noblewoman Asfrid, is shown by on two «u»runestones «/u» near «u»Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein «/u» erected by his mother after his death.«u»[2]
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«b»Rise to power
«/b»Adam tells that after Sygtrigg reigned a short time, during the tenure of Archbishop Hoger of Bremen (909-915/917), Harthacnut (Danish: Hardeknud) came from "Northmannia," the "land of the Northmen," by which he may have meant «u»Norway «/u», or «u»Normandy «/u», which had recently been colonized by Danish Vikings. Harthacnut immediately deposed the young king Sigtrygg, and then ruled unopposed for approximately thirty years. However, the «u»Saxon chronicles «/u» of «u»Widukind of Corvey «/u» report the defeat and forced baptism of the Danish king «i»Chnuba«/i» in 934 at the hands of German king «u»Henry «/u».«u»[3]«/u» Likewise, «u»Olav Tryggvasson's Saga «/u» tells of Gnupa's defeat by «u»Gorm the Old «/u».«u»[4]«/u» Some historians (e.g. Storm) have taken these as indications that Sigtrygg's father Gnupa still ruled at least part of Denmark much later than credited by Adam of Bremen.
«b»Adam of Bremen as only source
«/b»The only primary source about «i»Harthacnut of Denmark«/i» are two clauses from Adam of Bremen (1,52 and 1,55).
1,52 reads: «i»king Sveins son, Hardegon«/i» in the oldest manuscript which was later changed to «i»king Sveins son, Harthacnut«/i» but also changed to «i»king Sveins son, Athelstan.«u»«/i»[5]
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1,55 says «i»Hardecnudth Vurm,«/i» a double name not uncommon in that era, later changed to «i»Hardecnudths son, Vurm«/i» but also changed to «i»Athelstan Vurm.«u»[6]
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The interview by king «u»Sweyn Estridsson «/u» is very likely fictitious. The reliability of Adam as a source is called into question since he omits any reference to «u»Sweyn I's «/u» exile in Scotland.«u»[7]
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«b»Notes
«/b»Historians generally agree that «i»Vurm«/i» (English: «i»worm«/i» or «i»serpent«/i») is a German translation of the Danish name: «u»Gorm «/u».
«u»«b»1. ^«/u»«/b» Adam of Bremen, trans. and ed. Francis Joseph Tschan, Timothy Reuter, «i»History of the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen«/i», Columbia University Press, 2002, p. 44.
«u»«b»2. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Asfriþr karþi kumbl þaun aft Siktriku sun sin aui Knubu«/i» (Asfrith carved this gravestone after Sigtrygg, her son and Gnupa's); «i»Ui Asfriþr karþi kubl þausi tutir Uþinkars aft Sitriuk kununt sun sin auk Knubu«/i» (Holy Asfrith carved this gravestone, Odinkar's daughter, after Sigtrygg, king, her son and Gnupa's). A. V. Storm, "Pages of Early Danish History, from the Runic Monuments of Sleswick and Jutland", «i»The Saga=Book of the Viking club«/i», vol. 2, pp. 328-347.
«u»«b»3. ^«/u»«/b» Saxo Grammaticus. trans. Peter Fisher. Hilda Roderick Ellis Davidson and Peter Fisher, eds. «i»The history of the Danes, books I-IX«/i», DS Brewer, 1998, v. 2, p. 162
«u»«b»4. ^«/u»«/b» Storm
«u»«b»5. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Adam af Bremens krønike«/i», «u»ISBN 87-89531-01-9 «/u»
«u»«b»6. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Adam af Bremens krønike«/i», «u»ISBN 87-89531-01-9 «/u»
«u»«b»7. ^«/u»«/b» «i»Adam af Bremens krønike«/i», page 77,79. «u»ISBN 87-89531-01-9 «/u»
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I6923 |
Glenn Cook Family |
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| Sources |
- [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).
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