One story surrounding this leader says that he successfully rebuked his flatterers by failing to command the tide of the sea to stop.  He ended years of conflict with Wessex by murdering Edmund II and marrying Emma, widow of ?helred the Unready, and maintained internal peace with reforms and his use of both British and Danish advisors, thus consolidating the gains of his father, Sweyn Forkbeard.  FTP, who was this king of Denmark and England, the father of Hardecanute?
One story surrounding this leader says that he successfully rebuked his flatterers by failing to command the tide of the sea to stop.  He ended years of conflict with Wessex by murdering Edmund II and marrying Emma, widow of ?helred the Unready, and maintained internal peace with reforms and his use of both British and Danish advisors, thus consolidating the gains of his father, Sweyn Forkbeard.  FTP, who was this king of Denmark and England, the father of Hardecanute?
One story surrounding this leader says that he successfully rebuked his flatterers by failing to command the tide of the sea to stop.  
Canute