Kingdom of England under Danish rule. This continued for 26 years until the death of Harthacnut in June 1042. He was the son of Canute and Emma of Normandy (the widow of Æthelred the Unready) and had no heirs of his own; he was succeeded by his half-brother, Æthelred's son, Edward the Confessor. The Kingdom of England was once again independent. The peace lasted until the death of the childless Edward in January 1066. His brother-in-law was crowned King Harold, but his cousin William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy, immediately claimed the throne for himself. William launched an invasion of England and landed
King Leonardo and His Short Subjects mascot. The segments also appeared during some NBC network rebroadcasts of "Underdog". The "Twinkles" segments were not included when "King Leonardo And His Short Subjects" was syndicated in a half-hour format during the 1980s. "King Leonardo and his Short Subjects" was part of NBC's Saturday-morning lineup until 1963. Each program followed "The Shari Lewis Show." The animation for the show's early segments was produced by TV Spots, with later episodes by Gamma Productions, the same Mexico-based studio that did much of the work for Jay Ward Productions. For this reason, and due to shared sponsorship by General Mills, Gamma has