The Heimskringla on Emma

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 19. Of The Earls Of Rouen.

• relationship: Emma and Ethelred's sons were Edmund, Edward the Good, Edwy, and Edgar.

  "their sons were Edmund, Edward the Good, Edwy, and Edgar."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 24. The Murder Of Edmund.

• relationship: Canute married Queen Emma; their children were Harald, Hardacanute, and Gunhild.

  "Then King Canute took Queen Emma in marriage; and their children were Harald, Hardacanute, and Gunhild."

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 158. Hardaknut Taken To Be King In Denmark.

• attestation: Queen Emma was the principal promoter of making Hardaknut king, having forged a letter with the king's seal.

  "The Queen Emma had been principal promoter of this determination; for she had got the letter to be written, and provided with the seal, having cunningly got hold of the king's signet; but from him it was all concealed."

• attestation: Queen Emma interceded with Canute on Hardaknut's behalf, offering that the boy would pay any mulct demanded.

  "Your son Hardaknut will pay the full mulct the king may demand, if he has done anything which is thought to be against the king."