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Canute VI (Danish: Knud Valdemarsøn; c. 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark (1182–1202). [2] Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man. [3]
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 VI was King of Denmark (1182–1202). Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man.
Cnut (/ k ə ˈ nj uː t /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation:; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was the King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [1]
Canute of Denmark - Danish: Knud - may refer to: Six kings of Denmark. Harthacnut I of Denmark or Canute I the Hardy, legendary King of Denmark (916/17–934) Cnut the Great, Canute II the Great, (985/95–1035), King of Denmark (1018–1035), Norway and England; Harthacnut, Canute III the Hardy, (1020–1042), King of Denmark (1035–1042) and ...
canute vi. (1163-1202), king of Denmark, eldest son of Valdemar was crowned in his seventh year (1170), as his father's co-regent, so as to secure the succession. In 1182 he succeeded to the throne.
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Jun 28, 2016 · Professor Richard North marks the 1000th anniversary of the accession of King Cnut of Denmark to the throne of England. More commonly known as Canute, he is considered one of the most successful rulers of Anglo-Saxon England.
