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Hardecanute
or Har·di·ca·nute (härˌdĭ-kə-no͞otˈ, -nyo͞otˈ) 1019?-1042.
King of England (1040-1042) and of Denmark (1035-1042). The legitimate son of King Canute, he claimed the English throne after the death of Harold I, Canute's illegitimate son.