Britain's Royal Families: The Complete Genealogy Read Online Free PDF Page A
Author: Alison Weir
1066, he had submitted to William I and abandoned all claims to the throne. He died after 1125, perhaps in 1130 (?).
(ii) Margaret
( see here , under Malcolm III, King of Scotland).
(iii) Christina
Born in Hungary, she became a nun, firstly – according to some authorities – at Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire, and then, in c .1086, at Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. She is sometimes called Abbess of Romsey, but only on very slender evidence. She died before 1102 (?).
2 Edmund
He was born either in 1016, or in 1017. He was taken to Hungary by his family in childhood, where he later died. Some sources state that he died young, but he must have lived at least into his teens.
Edmund married (no record exists of the date) in Hungary:
Hedwig
She was either the daughter of Stephen I, King of Hungary, by Gisela, daughter of Conrad II, Emperor of Germany, or the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
After Edmund’s death, she married secondly Eppo, Count of Nellenburg.
EDMUND II
He died on 30 November, 1016, in Oxford or in London, and was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.
He was succeeded by Canute, son of King Sweyn, who claimed the throne by right of conquest.
King Canute
----
F ATHER : King Sweyn ( see here ).
M OTHER : Gunhilda of Poland ( see here , under King Sweyn ).
S IBLINGS : ( see here , under King Sweyn ).
KING CANUTE
Alternatively called Cnut or Knud, and known as ‘the Great’, he was born in c. 995 in Denmark. He succeeded Edmund II as King of England on 30 November, 1016, claiming the throne by right of conquest, and is said to have been crowned on 6 January (?), 1017, at Old St Paul’s Cathedral in London, although there is no contemporary evidence for this. He succeeded his brother Harold as King of Denmark in 1018/19, and became King of Norway by right of conquest in 1028.
Canute married , on 2 July, 1017 (although no record exists as to where):
Emma
She was the widow of Ethelred II ( see here , under Ethelred II).
Issue of marriage:
1 King Harthacanute ( see here ).
2 Gunhilda
Alternatively called Ethelfrida, she adopted the name Kunigunde upon her marriage. Born in c. 1020, she married Henry III, Emperor of Germany ( d .1056), on 10 June, 1036, at Nimeguen, Germany, and had issue:
1 Beatrice ( b .1037), Abbess of Quedlinburg.
Gunhilda died on 16 or 18 July, 1038, on the Adriatic coast.
3 Daughter
Her name is not known; neither are her dates. She died aged about 8, and was buried in Bosham Church, Sussex.
Canute also had the following illegitimate issue :
By Elgiva (996?–1044?), daughter of Alfhelm, Ealdorman ofNorthampton, by his wife Wulfrun; some sources state that Elgiva was Canute’s ‘handfast’ wife, according to Danish custom; others state that she was his repudiated wife; at all events, their union was uncanonical. They had issue:
1 Sweyn, King of Norway (1015?–1036/7).
2 Harold I ( see here ).
There were contemporary doubts in certain court circles that Canute was the father of Elgiva’s two sons.
KING CANUTE
He died on 12 November, 1035, at Shaftesbury, Dorset, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. His bones now lie in one of the mortuary chests there.
He was succeeded by his son Harthacanute.
King Harthacanute
----
F ATHER : King Canute ( see here ).
M OTHER : Emma of Normandy ( see here , under King Canute ).
S IBLINGS : ( see here , under King Canute ).
KING HARTHACANUTE
Alternatively called Hardicanute, he was born in c .1018, and was designated titular King of Denmark in 1028. He succeeded his father as King of Denmark on 12 November, 1035, and as King of England on the same day, in his absence from that country. He remained in Denmark, and his authority in England was usurped by his half-brother Harold I in 1037. He was restored to the English throne on 17 March, 1040, upon the death of Harold I. He is said to have been crowned in June, 1040, at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, but no contemporary evidence exists
(ii) Margaret
( see here , under Malcolm III, King of Scotland).
(iii) Christina
Born in Hungary, she became a nun, firstly – according to some authorities – at Wilton Abbey, Wiltshire, and then, in c .1086, at Romsey Abbey in Hampshire. She is sometimes called Abbess of Romsey, but only on very slender evidence. She died before 1102 (?).
2 Edmund
He was born either in 1016, or in 1017. He was taken to Hungary by his family in childhood, where he later died. Some sources state that he died young, but he must have lived at least into his teens.
Edmund married (no record exists of the date) in Hungary:
Hedwig
She was either the daughter of Stephen I, King of Hungary, by Gisela, daughter of Conrad II, Emperor of Germany, or the daughter of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
After Edmund’s death, she married secondly Eppo, Count of Nellenburg.
EDMUND II
He died on 30 November, 1016, in Oxford or in London, and was buried in Glastonbury Abbey, Somerset.
He was succeeded by Canute, son of King Sweyn, who claimed the throne by right of conquest.
King Canute
----
F ATHER : King Sweyn ( see here ).
M OTHER : Gunhilda of Poland ( see here , under King Sweyn ).
S IBLINGS : ( see here , under King Sweyn ).
KING CANUTE
Alternatively called Cnut or Knud, and known as ‘the Great’, he was born in c. 995 in Denmark. He succeeded Edmund II as King of England on 30 November, 1016, claiming the throne by right of conquest, and is said to have been crowned on 6 January (?), 1017, at Old St Paul’s Cathedral in London, although there is no contemporary evidence for this. He succeeded his brother Harold as King of Denmark in 1018/19, and became King of Norway by right of conquest in 1028.
Canute married , on 2 July, 1017 (although no record exists as to where):
Emma
She was the widow of Ethelred II ( see here , under Ethelred II).
Issue of marriage:
1 King Harthacanute ( see here ).
2 Gunhilda
Alternatively called Ethelfrida, she adopted the name Kunigunde upon her marriage. Born in c. 1020, she married Henry III, Emperor of Germany ( d .1056), on 10 June, 1036, at Nimeguen, Germany, and had issue:
1 Beatrice ( b .1037), Abbess of Quedlinburg.
Gunhilda died on 16 or 18 July, 1038, on the Adriatic coast.
3 Daughter
Her name is not known; neither are her dates. She died aged about 8, and was buried in Bosham Church, Sussex.
Canute also had the following illegitimate issue :
By Elgiva (996?–1044?), daughter of Alfhelm, Ealdorman ofNorthampton, by his wife Wulfrun; some sources state that Elgiva was Canute’s ‘handfast’ wife, according to Danish custom; others state that she was his repudiated wife; at all events, their union was uncanonical. They had issue:
1 Sweyn, King of Norway (1015?–1036/7).
2 Harold I ( see here ).
There were contemporary doubts in certain court circles that Canute was the father of Elgiva’s two sons.
KING CANUTE
He died on 12 November, 1035, at Shaftesbury, Dorset, and was buried in Winchester Cathedral. His bones now lie in one of the mortuary chests there.
He was succeeded by his son Harthacanute.
King Harthacanute
----
F ATHER : King Canute ( see here ).
M OTHER : Emma of Normandy ( see here , under King Canute ).
S IBLINGS : ( see here , under King Canute ).
KING HARTHACANUTE
Alternatively called Hardicanute, he was born in c .1018, and was designated titular King of Denmark in 1028. He succeeded his father as King of Denmark on 12 November, 1035, and as King of England on the same day, in his absence from that country. He remained in Denmark, and his authority in England was usurped by his half-brother Harold I in 1037. He was restored to the English throne on 17 March, 1040, upon the death of Harold I. He is said to have been crowned in June, 1040, at Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, but no contemporary evidence exists
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