#Harthacnut

[canute-saga]

Twitter April/May Dump

I watched the Vinland Saga stage play five times.

In Twitter site, Thorfinn won as the best character from Vinland Saga, followed by Askeladd, Hild, Knut and Einar

Hild is the father

It was Red's birthday, so I felt like drawing Stan

It was also Myre's birthday

I saw a AO3 tag so ednute, I had to

I love my two kings

and my two queens

and my two princesses (Gunhild from Nutty, Snorri from Finny)

I adore the kids I hope they have their own saga...

...and grow up!

And then I decided to re-draw that girlverse doodle. See ya!

[docpiplup]

The Bastard Kings and their families

This is series of posts are complementary to this historical parallels post from the JON SNOW FORTNIGHT EVENT, and it's purpouse to discover the lives of medieval bastard kings, and the following posts are meant to collect portraits of those kings and their close relatives.

In many cases it's difficult to find contemporary art of their period, so some of the portrayals are subsequent.

1) Harold I of England (?- 1040), son of Knut the Great and his wife Ælfgifu of Northampton

2) Knut the Great (c. 990 – 1035), son of Sweyn Forkbeard and his wife Świętosława of Poland

3) Sweyn Forkbeard (963 – 1014), son Knut Danaást or Harald Bluetooth and his wife Tove or Gunhild

4) Emma of Normandy (c. 984 –1052), daughter of Richard I of Normandy and his wife Gunnor

5) Harthacnut/ Knut III of Denmark (c. 1018 – 1042), son of Knut the Great and his wife Emma of Normandy

6) Gunhilda of Denmark (c. 1020 – 1038), daughter of Knut the Great and his wife Emma of Normandy

7) Holy Roman Emperor Henry III (1016 -1056), son of Holy Roman Emperor Conrad II and his wife Gisela of Swabia

8) Beatrice of Franconia (1037 – 13 July 1061), daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Henry III and his wife Gunhilda of Denmark

9) Edward the Confessor (c. 1003 – 1066), son of Æthelred II of England and his wife Emma of Normandy

10) Ælfred Æþeling (c. 1012–1036), son of Æthelred II of England and his wife Emma of Normandy

[jens-holland]

Wrote a thing inspired by Vikings Valhalla S3E7 when Knut gathers all his potential successors into one room! The tension is rife and the meta historical foreboding was insane.

[grayjoy15]

Day 5: Moon - Harthacnut Knutsson

[whencyclopedia]

The Danish Conquest of England

The Danish conquest of England was not a singular event, but a series of large Viking invasions of England between 1013 and 1016, which eventually overthrew the native English dynasty. As a result, four kings from the House of Denmark ruled England between 1013 and 1042.

The North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, 1016 - 1035

Simeon Netchev (CC BY-NC-ND)

The Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard (also spelt Swein, r. 986-1014) initially conquered England in 1013, driving out the English king, Aethelred the Unready (r. 978-1013 and 1014-1016). Upon Sweyn's death in 1014, though, Aethelred returned with a show of force and temporarily reversed the Danish conquest. Sweyn's son, Cnut the Great (r. 1016-1035), fought against Aethelred and his successor, Edmund Ironside (r. 1016), from 1014-1016. After decisively defeating Edmund at the Battle of Assandun on 18 October 1016 – and Edmund's death a few weeks later – Cnut became England's second Danish king. At the height of his power in the late 1020s, Cnut ruled England, Denmark, and Norway and was heavily involved in wider European politics.

After Cnut's death, his sons, Harold Harefoot (r. 1035-1040) and Harthacnut (r. 1040-1042) ruled in England for seven more years. The dynasty reached a dead end upon Harthacnut's death in 1042, and Aethelred's line was restored to power under Edward the Confessor (r. 1042-1066). However, the Danish conquest continued to affect English politics after Harthacnut's death, as Scandinavian claimants threatened the kingdom during and after the events of the Norman conquest of England.

The Vikings: No Strangers to Britain

Although Vikings are most prominently associated with Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, Norse influence stretched across northern Europe and into North America by the time of the Danish conquest. After the legendary settlement of Iceland, the Vikings in Iceland established settlements, Viking Age Greenland was thriving, and Vinland (Newfoundland) was explored by the Vikings by the early 11th century. Dublin was controlled by the Vikings in Ireland, and Strathclyde and the Isle of Man were also Scandinavian-influenced areas.

Much like the rest of northern Europe, the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had dealt with Viking raids in Britain since the end of the 8th century. A particularly fierce struggle took place during the reign of the West Saxon king Alfred the Great in the late 9th century, while the northern kingdom of York was frequently under Norse rule. Only in the 10th century did something resembling 'England' emerge as one entity, and its mid-10th-century kings frequently saw their kingdom break apart at the hands of rulers from Ireland and Scandinavia. A lull in Viking activity in England in the 960s and 970s allowed the kingdom some time to stabilize. In the 980s, small raids began again in England, but it is unlikely that these minor incursions were from Scandinavia itself or had any connection with the Danish conquest that would follow decades later.

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[wonder-worker]

"[Emma of Normandy] was one of the [many] known children of Richard I of Normandy; almost certainly his daughter by his Danish-descended wife Gunnor and thus the sister of Richard II, who became duke of Normandy after his father in 996, and of Robert Archbishop of Rouen. She was the aunt of dukes Richard III and Robert and great-aunt of Duke William, better known in England as the Conqueror.

In 1002 she came to England to marry King Athelred II, the Unready. Emma was not the English king’s first wife. He had been married before, once if not twice, and already had a large family of six sons and at least four daughters. At the time of the marriage Emma’s French/Norman name was changed for an English one, Aelfgifu. She bore Athelred three children: two sons and a daughter, Edward, the future Confessor, Alfred and Godgifu.

Emma’s marriage took place against the background of the Scandinavian attacks which plagued Athelred’s England. These culminated in Swein of Denmark’s conquest of England in 1013. Emma, her sons and later her husband then took refuge at the Norman court with her brother Richard II. After Swein’s death early in 1014, Athelred returned to rule briefly until his own death in 1016. An armed struggle for the throne ensued between Athelred’s eldest surviving son, Emma’s stepson, Edmund Ironside, and Swein’s son, Cnut. Fierce fighting, the division of the kingdom, then Edmund’s death made Cnut king of all England by the end of 1016.

In 1017 Cnut, the Danish conqueror, married Emma, Athelred’s widow. By this second husband she had two more children, a son Harthacnut and a daughter, Gunnhild, who in 1036 married Henry III, then king of the Romans, future emperor. Again Emma was not a first wife. Cnut already had a union with an English noble woman, Aelfgifu, daughter of a former ealdorman of York, a union which his marriage to Emma [may or may not] have terminated. Before or after 1016 Aelfgifu bore him two sons, Swein and Harold Harefoot. Cnut’s reign is the second stage of Emma’s career in England, and is marked by most references to her in charters and similar documents.

The death of Cnut late in 1035 put an end to this phase and inaugurated a third, dominated by questions concerning the succession to his several kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and England, particularly concerning that to the English throne. During his lifetime Cnut had sent his son Swein and Swein’s mother Aelfgifu to act as regents in Norway, and dispatched Harthacnut to be regent in Denmark. At the time of his father’s death, Harold Harefoot was the only son in England. From late 1035 until 1037 the English throne was once again at issue. Harthacnut remained in Denmark, whilst Harold collected support in England. At first Emma remained at Winchester, with Cnut’s military household and in possession of the royal treasure; Godwine earl of Wessex was close to her. In 1036 her sons by Athelred, Edward and Alfred, returned to England from their refuge in Normandy. Alfred was captured, blinded and died in circumstances which left suspicion attached to both Godwine and Harold. Edward, who had gone to his mother at Winchester, now returned quickly to Normandy. In 1037 Emma’s stepson Harold became king of the English and she was exiled to Flanders; there she lived, enjoying the hospitality of Count Baldwin, until 1039.

In that year her son Harthacnut joined her, and in 1040, on the death of Harold Harefoot, mother and son, accompanied by a fleet, returned to England where Harthacnut was accepted as king. Emma now entered the final stage of her life, as queen-mother. In 1041 Edward was recalled from Normandy, and associated in some way in rule; after Harthacnut’s premature death in 1042, he became king in turn. A year later, in 1043, Edward deprived his mother of much treasure and land. Although Emma was restored to court by 1044, little or no evidence has survived of her activity after this and she disappears from view after 1045. Emma probably lived the rest of her life at Winchester, where she died on 6 March 1052. She was buried there in the Old Minster alongside her second husband, Cnut."

— Pauline Stafford, Queen Emma and Queen Edith: Queenship and Women's Power in Eleventh-Century England

[encomium-emmae]

I very much agree with your take on Emma's ending in Season Three. And there is a vast difference between when we first see her versus her ending. In Season One, Emma was fighting (her own words) for a place in the kingdom and for her own survival. The Emma we see at the end of Season Three is confident. She knows her place and does not doubt her place. I love that character evolution for her ❤️

Season 1 was rough on Emma because she was surrounded by men who didn't understand her value and/or didn't listen to her (Æthelred, Edmund), underestimated her (Eadric Streona), or wanted her pushed aside to advance their own position (Godwin).

Lucky for her (and for him, as well), she finally found a man who realized her true worth — and fell in love with her for it! — and was able to help him rule and guided his decisions in strategic and canny ways. (Just look at Godwin's face when he realized all his attempts at negotiation with the cardinal were nothing in comparison with Emma's canny realization of what the pope actually wanted and her recommendation to Canute to carry it out!)

And despite her grief in losing Canute at the end of Season 3, she still had the strength and wits to challenge Godwin when it came to drawing Harefoot to her side. (And historically, we know she succeeds at making both Harthacnut and Edward king.) The woman knows how to play — and win — the game of thrones, is all I'm saying!

[emma-ofnormandy]

The Family Line

Summary: Pregnant with their second child, Emma blames Canute for all its activity.

Pairing: Canute x Emma

Rating: Teen

A/N: Haven’t had much creative motivation as of late, but when it hit, of course it came in the form of more domestic bliss for these two. Posted on AO3 for registered users.

“Would you desist,” Emma muttered under her breath, her hand absently rubbing at the side of her distended belly as she tried to focus on the ledger her husband had set in front of her. Of all her pregnancies, this one was turning out to be the most active of them, the child growing inside her having decided to demonstrate how healthy it was by leaving her in constant discomfort with its reckless jabs and turning about. If the hectic movements inside were any indication, Emma feared what they could be in store for once the babe arrived.

Their son, Harthacnut, only two, was already proving to be quite the handful, certainly taking after his father, and Emma feared should their second child be of similar mind and temperament, the castle may just be out of a nurse maid before the year was up.

“Everything alright?” came her husband’s distracted inquiry, his gaze fashioned onto the newest map of his empire.

As her condition progressed, she had found that Canute was more inclined to stick close, favoring work amongst maps and ledgers and trusting Agnarr to see about concerns outside the walls of London, rather than venture out himself. Though she considered herself seasoned to childbearing, Emma found his attention endearing and a comfort the closer she drew to her confinement.

“Yes.” Rising from her chair, she set to pacing in front of the hearth, hopeful that movement would settle the small burden within. “It would seem that your child takes issue with me being still for any length of time.”

Looking up, Canute watched her, a flicker of amusement lifting the corner of his mouth. “Is it not also your child?”

Emma grunted, a swift jab taking the breath from her momentarily. “Not when it is acting like this,” she grumbled irritably. “This,” she gestured as movement pressed hard against the confines of her dress, the fabric straining at the seams, “is your doing.”

Eyes sparkling with humor, Canute came around the table and intercepted her pacing, his hands gently wrapping around her middle. Beneath his touch, the small wonder moved furiously, and Emma could feel the way her husband’s breath caught, as if amazed by the miracle within.

“He is strong.”

Basking in the feel of his arms around her, Emma rested her head against his shoulder, letting his body hold some of her weight. “Such confidence,” she murmured, “and what if it turns out you have a daughter beneath your hands?”

“Then she is strong,” he nuzzled the long column on her neck, kissing the spot where her pulse beat steadily. “Like her mother.”

Strength, Emma knew, was only the beginning of what this child would need, and she only hoped that both she and Canute would be able to give their children the best chance. London was still a den of distrust and the fear she felt for both Harthacnut and her unborn child weighed heavily on her mind.

Another round of flurried movement had Emma gasping, her hand pushing against her husband’s, a smile temporarily chasing away the worry that had tried to invade. “Daughter or son, this is the fight of a Viking, and it is not I who boasts that crown.”

“How you have forgotten, minn kaer,” Canute teased, his teeth nipping at the rim of her ear, “there is Viking in the Normans. Are you not a descendent of Rollo?”

It was a connection that she would never forget, one that her father had constantly reminded her of and one she secretly felt gave her the edge she had needed to defend London as she had. But it was not a connection she would accept so freely, especially in this circumstance. “Do not blame my family lineage when yours is far closer to the surface.”

A chuckle vibrated deep in his chest. “So stubborn.” Canute continued to nuzzle her hair, his lips nipping at the sensitive skin. “Our son has just as much you in him as he does me and I am firm in my belief that this one will be no different.”

Emma turned in her husband’s grasp, her arms snaking around his neck, a smile dancing in her eyes as she looked up at him. “They only got the good parts of me.”

“All the parts of you are good,” he murmured, his lips ghosting across hers in a lingering caress. “Especially the parts that are Viking.”

Before she could muster another remark, Canute covered her lips with his and showed her just how much he enjoyed the pieces of herself she would not admit to.

[warsofasoiaf]

What was Harold Hardradas claim to England based on? Was it just 'I want it, so I'll take it'?

It was based on a supposed verbal agreement with Magnus the Good of Norway, who preceded Harald as King of Norway, and Harthacnut, King of England. The agreement stated that if either of them died without issue, the other would take over their kingdom. Harthacnut did indeed die without a son, though he favored supporting Edward the Confessor, and even Magnus believed he'd only have England in a war. After Magnus died, Harald inherited the claim.

Thanks for the question, Anon.

SomethingLikeALawyer, Hand of the King

[canute-saga]

ThorNuteWeek24 comics

Love Language (Like A Prayer, by Madonna)

Role Reversal (The World Is Mine, by David Guetta)

Kiss (I Want It That Way, by Backstreet Boys)

Soulmates (Bitch, by Meredith Brooks)

Growing Old (Come Sail Away, by Styx)

Ballroom (Heaven Is A Place On Earth, by Braaheim & SBSTN)

Crossover (ambiguous, by GARNiDELiA/Kill la Kill)

[theladygisela]

Lady Gisela

I am the daughter of the Danish warrior Jarl Harthacnut and the sister of King Guthred of Northumbria. Wife to Uhtred of Bebbanburg, mother to Stiorra and Young Uhtred.

Name: Gisela Hathacanutesdottir

Gender: Female

Nationality: Danish

Religion: Norse Paganism

Relationship Status: Married ❤️

Ask me more if you wish.

Affiliated with: @thelastkingdomrp

[ancestorsalive]

Laura Berlin as Emma in "Vikings: Valhalla"

Emma of Normandy (referred to as Ælfgifu in royal documents c. 984 – 6 March 1052) was a Norman-born noblewoman who became the English, Danish and Norwegian queen through her marriages to the Anglo-Saxon King Æthelred the Unready and then the Danish king Cnut the Great.

A daughter of the Norman ruler Richard the Fearless and Gunnor, she was Queen of the English during her marriage to King Æthelred from 1002 to 1016, except during a brief interruption in 1013–14 when the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the English throne. Æthelred died in 1016, and Emma married Sweyn's son Cnut. As Cnut's wife, she was Queen of England from their marriage in 1017, Queen of Denmark from 1018, and Queen of Norway from 1028 until Cnut died in 1035.

After Cnut's death, Emma continued to participate in politics during the reigns of her sons by each husband, Harthacnut and Edward the Confessor. In 1035 when her second husband Cnut died and was succeeded by their son Harthacnut, who was in Denmark at the time, Emma was designated to act as his regent until his return, which she did in rivalry with Harold Harefoot. Emma is the central figure within the Encomium Emmae Reginae, a critical source for the history of early-11th-century English politics.

She was instrumental in orchestrating King Harthacnut into naming his half-brother Edward as his heir, thus ensuing one of her sons would remain king.

After her death in 1052, Emma was interred alongside Cnut and Harthacnut in the Old Minster, Winchester, before being transferred to the new cathedral built after the Norman Conquest. During the English Civil War (1642–1651), their remains were disinterred and scattered about the Cathedral floor by parliamentary forces. The jumbled bones were later re-interred.

[nerdypagan1]

I love Old English names. you get stuff like Ælfearh, and Godgifu, and Harthacnut, and Æthelstan, and Ƿulfstan, and Æðelm.

[doueverwonder]

Heam is enabling me; (i lied i can't remember Sam's part 😭)

warning now long post

WELL SAM it's 400 AD and that right there is Britain! and here comes the king! in a bedsheet! Haha no really that's the roman emperor because Britain is under Roman rule as it has been for over 350 years! But all that is about to change because in 410 the unthinkable happens!

so unthinkable I can't think of it now what was it hmmmmmmmm OH

THE ROMAN EMPIRE CRUMBLES! And the romans leave Britain with the immortal line

"don't forget to put out the cat"

or something like that

and that's when the problems really start! with the Romans gone the picts from up in Scotland invade england, so Vortigern king of the Britons hires a load of warriors from Germany & Denmark--places over there--and with them come two chaps named Hengist and Horsa, and they like Britain so much they'd quite like to keep a piece of it. Luckily for them Hengist has a beautiful daughter and in the weirdest deals in the whole of history he gives Vortigern his daughters hand in marriage for Kent!

yep Kent.

And that's just the start of it. Soon seeing how easy it is to get your hands on English lands there are Danes and Germans everywhere! German invaders from the district of Angle take over the east and the midlands while invaders from Saxony take over large chunks of the south, yes that's right England is now overrun with ANGLES and SAXONS making it officially ANGLO-SAXON.

and u thought we just made that term up

And there you have it that's it

end of the story

end of the line

end of the pier

last dance

last chance

lights off

cats out

done.

BUT NOT FOR LONG

under anglo-saxon rule Britain changes shape entirely, though obviously not around the edges. Inside though it's all different as the invaders shape their new lands into seven major kingdoms; places like

Essex

Wessex

Sussex

and so on

But it's not all playing fairly for the Anglo-Saxons because they can't conquer Scotland for toffee!

which is a shame because Scotland's got great toffee

Meanwhile on the other side they aren't too happy about the new neighbors, so much so that king arthur of Mercia

an Anglo-Saxon kingdom shown here in puce whatever color that is

digs a trench separating the west of Britain from the rest of Britain, creating the border for what we now call Wales! Sounds fair! we now have Scotland, Wales, Anglo-Saxon England all living in perfect harmony bar a little name calling and the odd local war.

BUT NOT FOR LONG

YES FOLKS IT'S 865 AND LOCK UP YOUR MONOSTARY BECAUSE

HERE COME THE VIKINGS

In no time at all they take over every major anglo-saxon kingdom except for this one, Wessex, home of Alfred the great

who clearly has a high opinion of himself

And for good reason, because Alfie and his family manage to hold off the vikings!

BUT NOT FOR LONG--well, actually it's for quite awhile but that's not the point. No Eventually Æthelred the unready becomes king and gets so sick of the constant viking attacks

that he's presumably never ready for

that he decides to kill every viking in England, including the king of Norway's sister; which unsurprisingly doesn't go down too well with the king of Norway. Who prompltly Invades England, takes Æthelred's crown and is the first in the line of viking kings!

There's Cnut!

There's Harthacnut!

There's a quarter of a Cnut!

Though not that last one!

and this goes on until 1042 when an englishman gets the crown again

WHOO it's

Edward the Confessor

and then he goes and dies BOO

and three differnt people try to claim the thrown, an Englishman, a Norman, and a Viking

which sounds like the beginning of a joke but really isnt.

Especially when the englishman, Harald Godwinson, takes the throne and is immediatly set upon by the other two! While holding off the viking one up here, the norman one--a certain William the bastard conqueror invades down here

yes folks it's 1066 and the battle of hastings! Which signals not only the end of Harald but also the end of the Anglo-Saxon Era all together

THE END OF THE PIER

THE END OF THE LINE

THE END OF THE ROAD

THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT

and unless i calm down soon it might as well be

THE END OF DEAR OLD BOB HALE

OH IT'S TOO LATE IT'S HAPPENED

It's just heartburn, false alarm, it's just heartburn.

back to you Sam.

[10blue10]

Hooligan Houses of Berk

This is my headcanon for the Houses of Berk, aka Clans. I am using this definition of a ‘House’ - “a social group based on common descent and kinship… Usually the Houses of the Viking Age were named after a famous ancestor.” To clarify matters, here are my three main headcanons for this:

There are only five major Hooligan Houses, and the majority of the tribe either do not belong to any particular House, or have married into one.

Hooligans are only considered members of a House if they are a) born into it on their fathers side (as in they’d belong to their fathers House) or if they marry into one when they were not previously a member of another House.

I haven’t included every single assumed member of each House (e.g ancestors, wives who married in etc), only either people named on the wiki or those who have been mentioned/implied to be/were part of the tribe.

House Haddock

Founder: Hiccup Haddock I - famous for also being the founder of the Hooligan Tribe of Berk, and the original discoverer of the Isle of Berk.

Members: (ones in bold are deceased/in italics are from the games)

Hiccup I

Hamish I

Hamish/Hiccup II

Stoick’s Father

Stoick

Valka (by marriage)

Hiccup III

Zephyr

Nuffink

/

House Hofferson

Founder: Hjamolfr ‘Wolfhead’ Hofferson - famous for being a fierce warrior.

(Fun fact - the name ‘Hjamolfr’ translates roughly to ‘wolf helmet’. My headcanon is that a lot of the troll warding names Berkians give their children are based on literal translations and/or corruptions of actual Norse names.)

Members: (ones in bold are deceased/in italics are from the games)

Heyral

Astrid’s father

Astrid’s mother (by marriage)

Astrid

Finn ‘the Fearless’

Finn’s wife (by marriage)

Asfrid

Asger

Asgerd 

/

House Jorgenson

Founder: Boarlout Jorgenson - famous for eating an entire boar by himself the first time the new Hooligan tribe feasted on the isle of Berk.

Members: (ones in bold are deceased/in italics are from the games)

Spitelout  

Spitelout’s Wife (by marriage)

Snotlout

Hedgelout

Hedgelout’s Wife (by marriage)

Scablout

Wartlout

Griplout

Griplout’s Wife (by marriage)

Burplout

Pinchlout

/

House Ingerman

Founder: Ingar Ingerman - famous for being one of the tribes first and best dragon slayers, and coming up with the idea to train against captive dragons.

Members: (ones in bold are deceased/in italics are from the game)

Fishlegs’ father

Fishlegs’ mother (by marriage)

Fishlegs

Bearlegs

Froglegs

Brenda

Brant

Shrug

Mouselegs

Piglegs

Wolflegs

/

House Thorston

Founder - Harthacnut ‘Hairynut’ Thorston - famous for growing hair everywhere except his head and face, known as the ‘Thorston Beard Curse’.

Members: (ones in bold are deceased/in italics are from the games)

Magmar Thorston  

Twin’s Father

Twin’s Mother (by marriage)

Ruffnut

Tuffnut

Dullnut

Agnut

Gruffnut

Scruffnut

Snuffnut

Sluffnut