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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 ...
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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. Canute’s role in the Danish expansion was overshadowed ...
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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.
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Mar 8, 2022 · King Cnut, also known as Cnut the Great and Canute, has been described as the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history. Descended from royalty, Cnut was the King of England from 1016, Denmark from 1018 and Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. The three kingdoms under his rule, collectively referred to as the North Sea Empire, were united ...
Apr 19, 2023 · Cnut died in Dorset in 1035, probably aged around 45, having ruled England and Denmark for the best part of two decades. Source: The Viking Herald. The ruler of a great North Sea Empire, Cnut united the crowns of England, his native Denmark, and Norway. This was both the apogee of Viking political influence and the tail end of the era.
Consequently, Canute became sovereign over the whole of England (Oxford Popular History of England, pp. 108–9). The Viking conqueror Canute came to be known as King Canute the Great. He ruled what was, at that time, a vast empire—wielding control over England, Denmark, Norway and part of Sweden until his death in 1035 ad. Much of Canute's ...
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. The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire. As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the ...
