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- He was the son of king Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. Canute's mother was Gunhild (formerly Swiatoslawa, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland). Canute was reared by a mother whose own mother Dubrawka had been abducted from a religious house and married to the first Duke of Poland, Mieszko, who later adopted Christianity.
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Canute VI (born 1163, Denmark—died Nov. 12, 1202, Denmark) 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 VI was King of Denmark (1182–1202). Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man.
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.
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Cnut (/ k ə ˈ nj uː t /; Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation:; c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.
Canute VI of Denmark, Canute VI Valdemarsen, (1163–1202), King of Denmark (1182–1202) Six princes of Denmark. Canute Danaást (d. 962), son of king Gorm the Old; Canute Lavard (1090–1131), son of king Eric I of Denmark; Canute Haraldsen (d. 1135), son of Harald Kesja; Canute Eriksen (d. bef. 1250), son of king Eric IV of Denmark; Canute ...
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 came to the throne amidst great turmoil in the aftermath of aethelred ii's long reign (978 – 1013 and 1014 – 1016), which had been marred by a protracted struggle against Canute's father Swegn Forkbeard of Denmark and his Viking host.
