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Harthacnut I of Denmark

880 - 1000

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Harthacnut or Cnut I (Danish: Hardeknud) (Old Norse: Hǫrða-Knútr) was a semi-legendary King of Denmark. The old Norse story Ragnarssona þáttr makes Harthacnut son of the semi-mythic viking chieftain Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye, himself one of the sons of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok. The saga in turn makes Harthacnut the father of the historical king, Gorm. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harthacnut I of Denmark has received more than 324,217 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Harthacnut I of Denmark is the 3,892nd most popular politician (down from 2,251st in 2019), the 857th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 546th in 2019) and the 152nd most popular British Politician.

Harthacnut I of Denmark is most famous for being the son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy. He was King of Denmark from 1035 to 1042 and King of England from 1040 to 1042. Harthacnut was a son of Cnut the Great and Emma of Normandy.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Harthacnut I of Denmark ranks 3,892 out of 15,577Before him are Stephen IV of Hungary, Caroline of Brunswick, Adolph Joffe, Gazi Husrev-beg, Lykourgos, and Enmerkar. After him are Sobhuza II, Queen Munjeong, Abul Kalam Azad, Matthew Kantakouzenos, Theobald II of Navarre, and Adel Shah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 880, Harthacnut I of Denmark ranks 3Before him are Louis the Blind and Hugh of Italy. After him are Lambert of Italy, Herbert II, Count of Vermandois, Beatrice of Vermandois, Adalbert I of Ivrea, Abas I of Armenia, Fujiwara no Tadahira, and Hywel Dda. Among people deceased in 1000, Harthacnut I of Denmark ranks 3Before him are Olaf Tryggvason and Bjarni Herjólfsson. After him are Al-Maqdisi, Zoe Karbonopsina, García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Henry of Speyer, Abu-Mahmud Khojandi, Abū Sahl al-Qūhī, Bertha of Swabia, Joseph Genesius, and Matsyendranatha.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Harthacnut I of Denmark ranks 857 out of 7,765Before him are W. H. Auden (1907), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), William Penn (1645), William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), and Billy Idol (1955). After him are John Hawkins (1532), Kevin Keegan (1951), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), Duncan I of Scotland (1001), Bernard Hill (1944), and Charles George Gordon (1833).

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