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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 ( 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] Background. Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. His younger brother Valdemar was born in 1170.
- 1182–1202
- Sophia of Minsk
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
- 1080–1086
- Roman Catholicism
Aug 17, 2020 · While he did not claim that the Danish king, Canute VI, was a direct descendent of these particular Viking raiders, he noted that Canute and his family had certainly profited from the raids...
- Frederik Pedersen
Canute IV ; canonized 1101; feast days January 19, July 10) was a martyr, patron saint, and king of Denmark from 1080 to 1086. The son of King Sweyn II Estrithson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harold Hen as king of Denmark. Canute opposed the aristocracy and kept a close association with.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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] .
GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES. 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.
