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Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. His younger brother Valdemar was born in 1170. On 25 June 1170, at age 7, Canute was proclaimed and crowned co-king of Denmark with his father. Canute was crowned in the first coronation in Danish history by Archbishop Eskil of Lund at Ringsted. Reign
Canute VI was the king of Denmark (coregent, 1170–82; king, 1182–1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire and extended its dominion along the southern Baltic coast to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and Holstein.
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Canute IV. Canute IV ( c. 1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy ( Danish: Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute ( Sankt Knud ), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on the English throne.
Canute VI of Denmark. Categories: 12th-century kings of Denmark. 13th-century kings of Denmark. 13th-century monarchs of Denmark. House of Estridsen. Hidden category: Wikipedia categories named after Danish monarchs.
Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den mektige) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark, and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. Canute is generally regarded as a successful ruler who brought peace to the people over whom he ...
Canute (d. 1035), Danish king of England 1017–35, Denmark 1018–35, and Norway 1028–35, who became king of England after Edmund Ironside's murder. He is remembered for the legend of his demonstrating to fawning courtiers his inability to stop the rising tide; this has become distorted in folklore to suggest that Canute really expected to turn back the tide.
Canute VI (Danish: Knud Valdemarsøn; c. 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark (1182–1202). Read more on Wikipedia. Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Canute VI of Denmark has received more than 121,136 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019).
