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Canute Lavard ( Danish: Knud Lavard; cognate with English Lord) (12 March 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leading towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland.
Jan 11, 2023 · Canute Lavard ( Danish: Knud Lavard) (March 12, 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leafing towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland.
- Slesvig
- circa 1096
- ""The Pious" "Bread Giver""
- Slesvig, Danmark (Denmark)
Born at Roskilde, the second son of Eric the Good, king of Denmark, Canute stayed at the Saxon court for some years. When he returned with ideals of feudalism and military organization, his uncle King Niels appointed him duke of southern Jutland to rule from Schleswig (which he fortified) and defend the whole territory against the Wends.
Martyr. Feast Day: January 7. Death: June 1, 1131. Saint Canute Lavard, also known as Canute Laward, Canute of Schleswig, Canute the Lord, Duke of Jutland, and King of the Western Wends, was born around 1096 in Roskilde, Denmark. He was the second son of King Eric the Good of Denmark and the nephew of King Saint Canute of Denmark.
Canute became the patron saint of the Danish guilds, and his cult spread throughout Denmark and Schleswig. His present tomb at Sankt-Bendt church, Ringsted, dates only from the 17th century. Feast: Jan. 7; June 25.
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Jan 7, 2017 · AncientPages.com - On January 7, 1131, Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard) (1096 - 1131) was killed by his cousin Magnus I of Sweden, who saw him as a rival to the Danish throne. Canute Lavard was a Danish prince, the ancestor of the Valdemarian Kings and their subsequent royal line.
Canute I Lavard: 12 March 1096 Son of Eric I of Denmark and Boedil Thurgotsdatter: 1115 – 7 January 1131: Duchy of Schleswig: Ingeborg of Kiev 1116 four children 7 January 1131 Ringsted aged 34: Titled dux Daciae (i.e. Duke of Denmark) Magnus I: c.1106 First son of Prince Henry of Denmark and Ingrid Ragnvaldsdotter: 7 January 1131 – 4 June ...
