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Cnut the Great
Sign in to saveAlso known as Canute, Canute II Sveynsson, King of England and Denmark, Cnut, Canute, the Dane, Canute the Dane
Cnut ( ; ; – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, 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 by historians.
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Cnut the Great, born Knud in 994 in Denmark, was a male monarch of the House of Knýtlinga. He held the noble title of king and served as the monarch of England, Denmark, and Norway. His work locations included England, Denmark, and Norway, while his citizenship was associated with the Danish Realm and the North Sea Empire. Cnut was the son of Sweyn I of Denmark and Gunhild of Wenden.
He was married to Ælfgifu of Northampton and Emma of Normandy. Their children included Svein Knutsson, Harold Harefoot, Harthacanute, and Gunhilda of Denmark. Cnut had siblings including Gyda Svendsdatter, Estrid Svendsdatter, Harald II of Denmark, and Olof Skötkonung. He is listed as a writer with five works attributed to him in one source and thirty-six in another.
Cnut died on 12 November 1035 in Shaftesbury. He is buried at Winchester Cathedral.
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Germany
- Active from
- 1712-01-24
- Active to
- 1786-08-17
Discography
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Guidelines for colorectal cancer screening and surveillance in moderate and high risk groups (update from 2002)
· 2010 · cited 935x
- Clinical Picture and Risk Prediction of Short-Term Mortality in Cardiogenic Shock
· 2015 · cited 694x
- Comparative genetic architectures of schizophrenia in East Asian and European populations
· 2019 · cited 629x
- Guidelines for the management of oesophageal and gastric cancer
· 2011 · cited 483x
- Guidelines on the radical management of patients with lung cancer
· 2010 · cited 316x
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Key facts
- Royalty.image
- Canute and Ælfgifu cropped (Canute).jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Contemporary drawing of King Cnutfrom the New Minster Liber Vitae, 1031
- Royalty.succession
- King of England
- Royalty.reign
- 1016–1035
- Royalty.coronation
- 1017 in London
- Royalty.successor
- Harold I
- Royalty.predecessor
- Edmund II
- Royalty.succession1
- King of Denmark
- Royalty.reign1
- 1018–1035
- Royalty.successor1
- Harthacnut
- Royalty.predecessor1
- Harald II
- Royalty.succession2
- King of Norway
- Royalty.reign2
- 1028–1035
- Royalty.successor2
- Magnus the Good
- Royalty.predecessor2
- Saint Olaf
- Royalty.regent2
- Svein Knutsson
- Royalty.reg type2
- Co-king
- Royalty.house
- Knýtlinga
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Works in European collections
36 objects attributed to Cnut the Great, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
27 sectionsContents
- Birth and kingship
- Conquest of England
- Landing in Wessex
- Advance into the North
- Siege of London
- London captured by treaty
- King of England
- Consolidation and Danegeld
- Affairs to the East
- Statesmanship
- King of Denmark
- Journey to Rome
- King of Norway and part of Sweden
- Influence in the western sea-ways
- Relations with the Church
- Death and succession
- Bones at Winchester
- Marriages and children
- Family tree
- Cnut's ''skalds''
- The story of Cnut and the waves
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Cnut ( ; ; – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, 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 by historians.
As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe. His later accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut sought to keep this power base by uniting Danes and English under cultural bonds of wealth and custom. After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia, Cnut claimed the crown of Norway in Trondheim in 1028. In 1031, Malcolm II of Scotland also submitted to him, though Anglo-Norse influence over Scotland was weak and ultimately did not last by the time of Cnut's death.
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