In 1041 he invited his half-brother Edward the Confessor ( his mother Emma 's son by Æthelred the Unready ) back from exile in Normandy and probably made him his heir .
In 1041 , Harthacanute asked his half-brother Edward the Confessor ( his mother Emma 's son by Ethelred the Unready ) back from exile in Normandy to become a member of his household , and probably made Edward his heir .