I would like someone to help me understand something about Danish and Anglo Saxon Kings. At that time, there was the King Cnut the Great from Danish descent who was on the throne and ruled England. Two of his sons (Harold and Harthacnut) followed in his steps as Kings of England.
What troubles me is that after Harthacnut passed away, Edward, an Anglo-Saxon, became king and from what I understand it was because he was popular but that sounds like an oversimplification of events.
Wouldn't Danish Kings be against an Anglo-Saxon back on the throne? Especially since Edward is the brother of Edmund who was formerly king of England and vanquished by Cnut himself?
Thank you for your answers.
I interpreted OP's question as the possible Danish-Scandinavian reaction against the resurrection of Wessex royal line in England, represented by King Edward the Confessor.
Tl; dr: Scandinavian (mainly Danish) political circumstances in 1030s and 1040s were even more chaotic than English ones after the deaths of King Cnut the Great of the Danes and his sons, so they rather sought help or allied with the new English ruler to forestall another throne contender of the Danes.
I summarized some basic elements of the political turbulence in Scandinavia since the last decade of the reign of Cnut and his death below:
I also re-arrange the main problematic points from these threads below:
Thus, these Scandinavian (Danish) throne contenders were mostly full of themselves, in a sense, and it is related in Anglo-Saxon texts that both sides of throne claimants of the Danes after Hardeknud, Magnus the Good and Svend Estridsen, sent envoys to the new King Edward of England to secure the peace, and as for the latter (Svend still had two living brothers in England then), further asked the help in form of fleets from England, though this request was declined.
I cited some relevant references in the linked thread, these difficult political circumstances in Scandinavia might be a bit difficult to follow only based on Anglophone (written in English) literature.