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Cnut ( / kəˈnjuːt /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are ...
Mar 8, 2022 · Cnut was born some time between 980 and 1000 AD into a line of Scandinavian rulers who were central to Denmark’s unification.
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Apr 16, 2024 · Early Life and Rise to Power. Cnut was born circa 990 AD, the son of Sweyn Forkbeard, the King of Denmark, and Swietoslawa (Gunhilda), the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland. His upbringing was that of a typical Viking noble, steeped in warfare, navigation, and the management of lands.
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.
Cnut (died 12 November 1035), also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.
Mar 29, 2017 · He was born sometime in the decade before the year 1000 in Denmark, as the second son of its king, Sven ‘Forkbeard’, who had seized the country a decade or so before that from his own father, Harald ‘Bluetooth’ (after whom the wireless data exchange technology was named).
Apr 16, 2019 · Cnut, the son of Sweyn Forkbeard, was probably born in around 995, though no one knows that for sure. The chronicles of the time are equally silent about the first 18 years of Cnut’s life and it is not until 1013 that we find him first mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
