Cnut the Great[2] (Auld Norse: Knútr inn ríki;[3] c. 985 or 995 – 12 November 1035), mair commonly kent as Canute, wis a king o Denmark, Ingland, Norawa an pairts o Swaden, thegither iften referred tae as the Anglo-Scandinavian or North Sea Empire.
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| Cnut |
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 A 14t century portrait o Cnut the Great |
| Keeng o Ingland |
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| Ring | 1016–1035 |
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| Coronation | 6 Januar 1017 (London) |
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| Predecessor | Edmund |
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| Successor | Harold |
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| Keeng o Denmark |
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| Ring | 1018–1035 |
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| Predecessor | Harald II o Denmark |
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| Successor | Harthacnut |
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| Keeng o Norawa |
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| Reing | 1028–1035 |
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| Predecessor | Olaf Haraldsson |
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| Successor | Magnus Olafsson |
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| Born | c. 985 – c. 995
Denmark |
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| Dee'd | 12 November 1035 (aged 40–50)
Shaftesbury, Dorset, Ingland |
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| Buirial | Auld Meenster, Winchester. Bones nou in Winchester Cathedral |
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| Spouse | Ælfgifu of Northampton
Emma o Normandy |
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| Issue | wi Ælfgifu
Svein Knutsson
Harold Harefit
wi Emma
Harthacnut
Gunhilda o Denmark |
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| Hoose | House of Denmark |
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| Faither | Sweyn Forkbeard |
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| Mither | unkent (Świętosława / Sigrid/ Gunhild)[1]
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| Releegion | Christian |
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