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King Canute died in 1035, at thirty-six years of age, and his son Harald reigned after him in England for four years, and afterwards his son Harthaknud, or Hardicanute, for three years, when England again came under an Anglo-Saxon king to fall under the power of William of Normandy, a conqueror of Norwegian descent, twenty-four years later.
Queen Emma, Canute's wife, wished to have her little son Harthaknud or Hardicanute, as he was afterwards called in England made king of Denmark, but could not persuade her husband King Canute to accede to her wishes. She therefore sent letters privately to Ulf, saying that the king wished to see the young prince on the throne, but did not wish to do anything the people might not like.
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