The Heimskringla on Hardaknut

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

• attestation: Hardaknut and Earl Ulf retreated to Jutland when they heard of the Norwegian and Swedish armies, assembling their own forces there.

  "when Hardaknut and Earl Ulf heard for certain that King Olaf was come from Norway with a large army, they went to Jutland, where the greatest strength of the Danish kingdom lies"

Heimskringla > The Chronicle Of The Kings Of Norway > 4. King Svein'S Flight.

• attestation: King Svein sailed eastward along the coast and then directly over to Denmark without delay, where Hardaknut received his brother kindly.

  "King Svein sailed eastward along the land, and then set right over to Denmark without delay, and Hardaknut received his brother Svein very kindly."

• attestation: At their first meeting, Hardaknut offered to divide the Danish kingdom with Svein, showing fraternal solidarity after Svein's loss of Norway.

  "At their first meeting Hardaknut offered King Svein to divide th"

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 18. Of The English Kings.

• attestation: Hardaknut, Canute's second son, became king of both Denmark and England after Harald's death, ruling for two years before dying without children

  "After his death his brother Hardaknut, the second son of the old King Canute, was king of England, and was thus king both of Denmark and England. He ruled these kingdoms two years, and then died of sickness in England, leaving no children."

Heimskringla > part in the government with his brother Hardaknut. In the same autumn > 39. King Edward'S Answer To King Magnus'S Letter.

• attestation: Hardaknut had held both England and Denmark but Edward said this was an unjust arrangement that left Edward with no kingdom

  "after him my brother Hardaknut took the kingdoms both of Denmark and England; for he thought that a just brotherly division that he should have both England and Denmark, and that I should have no kingdom at all."