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chat. irresolute Ethelred. Upon Canute’s appearingni. on the frontiers with a formidable army, Mal-colm agreed, that his grandson and heir, Duncan,whom he put in possession of Cumberland, shouldmake the submissions required , and that the heirsof Scotland should always acknowledge them-selves vassals to England for that province 1 '.

Canute passed four years in peace after .thisenterprise, and he died at Shaftfbury 22 ; leavingthree sons, Sweyn, Harold, and Hardicanute.Sweyn, whom he had by his first marriage withAlfwen, daughter of the earl of Hampshire, wascrowned in Norway: Hardicanute, whom Emmahad bora him, was in possession of Denmark;Harold, who was of the fame marriage withSweyn, was at that time in England.

HAROLD HAREFOOT.

rcss. XHOUGH Canute, in his treaty with Richardduke of Normandy, had stipulated, that hischildren by Emma should succeed to the crownof England, he had either considered himself asreleased from that engagement by the death ofRichard, or esteemed it dangerous to leave anunsettled and newly-conquered kingdom in thehands of so young a prince as Hardicanute: Hetherefore appointed, by his will, Harold successorto the crown. This princq was besides present,

31 W. Malm. p. 74.

32 Chron. Sax. p. 154. W. Malm. p. 76.