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Cnut (/kəˈnjuːt/; Old Norse: Knútr Old
Norse pronunciation: [ˈknuːtr]; c. 990 – 12
November 1035), also
known as
Canute and with the
epithet the Great...
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Harthacnut was the son of King
Cnut the
Great (who
ruled Denmark, Norway, and England) and Emma of Normandy. When
Cnut died in 1035,
Harthacnut struggled...
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given to him "because of his valour" in
resisting the
Danish invasion led by
Cnut. In
summer of 1013
Sweyn Forkbeard launched a full-scale
invasion of England...
- son
Cnut. As
Cnut's wife, she was
Queen of
England from
their marriage in 1017,
Queen of
Denmark from 1018, and
Queen of
Norway from 1028
until Cnut died...
- (English: "House of
Cnut's Descendants") was a
ruling royal house in
Middle Age
Scandinavia and England. Its most
famous king was
Cnut the Great, who gave...
- 1013. He died in the
following year, and his
realm was divided. His son
Cnut the
Great acquired England in 1016,
Denmark in 1018 and
Norway in 1028. He...
- King
Cnut of
England issued two
complementary law-codes
during his reign,
though they are
believed to have been
edited or even
composed by Wulfstan, Archbishop...
- needed] He is also
credited as
having received the
young Cnut the
Great into his care and
taken Cnut on raids. The
Encomium Emmae, a do****ent
concerning significant...
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illustrate the
piety or
humility of King
Canute the
Great (also
written as
Cnut),
recorded in the 12th
century by
Henry of Huntingdon. In the story, Canute...
- 999/1000
until 1014. He was the
father of King
Harald II of Denmark, King
Cnut the Great, and
Queen Estrid Svendsdatter. In the mid-980s,
Sweyn revolted...
