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    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...
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    after the Danish king Canute the Saint (Danish: Knud den Hellige), otherwise Canute IV. It is a fine example of Brick Gothic architecture. The church's...
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    Canute VI (Danish: Knud Valdemarsøn; c. 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark (1182–1202). Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly...
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  • Canute of Denmark - Danish: Knud - may refer to: Six kings of Denmark Harthacnut I of Denmark or Canute I the Hardy, legendary King of Denmark (916/17–934)...
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    (Danish: Oluf; c. 1050 – 18 August 1095), nicknamed Olaf Hunger, was king of Denmark from 1086 to 1095, following the death of his brother Canute IV the...
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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...
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    Odense (redirect from Odense, Denmark)
    Vestergade. By 1070, Odense had already grown into a city of stature in Denmark. Canute IV of Denmark, generally considered to be the last Viking king, was...
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    Harthacnut (Danish: Hardeknud; "Tough-knot"; c. 1018 – 8 June 1042), traditionally Hardicanute, sometimes referred to as Canute III, was King of Denmark from...
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    Eric IV (c. 1216 – 10 August 1250), also known as Eric Ploughpenny or Eric Plowpenny (Danish: Erik Plovpenning), was King of Denmark from 1241 until his...
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  • of Sweden Canute II of Sweden (died 1234), King of Sweden Canute IV of Denmark (c. 1042 – 1086), King of Denmark and Roman Catholic saint Canute V of...
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    by his brother Canute IV the Saint. Four of his half-brothers were in turn crowned Danish kings. Harald was born around 1040. Son of King Sweyn II, Harald...
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    named duke of Southern Jutland (Latin: dux slesvicensis.) His regent was Bishop Valdemar Knudsen, the illegitimate son of King Canute V of Denmark. Bishop...
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    the town of Slangerup in North Zealand - the largest Danish island. During the rule of his half-brother Canute IV he was an eager supporter of the king...
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    Cnut (redirect from Canute II of Denmark)
    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...
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    King Niels actively supported the canonization of Canute IV the Holy and supported his son Magnus I of Sweden after he killed his rival for the succession...
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  • of Denmark also called Ingerta and Ingerd (born between 1080 and 1085 – year of death unknown), was a Danish princess, daughter of King Canute IV of Denmark...
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    unknown reasons. He was the only Danish monarch in history to do so until Margrethe II in 2024. He entered St. Canute's Abbey, where he died on 27 August...
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  • Adela of Flanders (also Ala and Alana in southern Italian sources) (c. 1064 – April 1115), was Queen consort of Denmark by marriage to King Canute IV and...
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    Hen of Denmark (d. 1080) Canute IV the Saint of Denmark (d. 1086) Olaf I Hunger of Denmark (d. 1095) Eric I Evergood of Denmark (d. 1103) Svend Tronkræver...
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    Aalborg Church of Our Lady, Aarhus St. Nicholas Church, Aarhus List of canonised Danish saints within the Catholic Church: Saint Canute (Knud IV den Hellige)...
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    Gunhilda of Denmark (c. 1020 – 18 July 1038), was Queen consort of Germany by her marriage with King Henry III from 1036 until her death. Gunhilda was...
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  • Cecilia Knudsdatter of Danmark (born 1081/85 – after 7 January 1131), was a Danish princess, daughter of Canute IV of Denmark and Adela of Flanders. At the...
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    of Denmark. Eric was born around 1090, to King Eric I of Denmark and an unknown concubine. He was given some Danish isles by his half-brother Canute Lavard...
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  • Magnus the Good, 1042–1047 Sweyn II, 1047–1076 Harald III, 1076–1080 Canute IV, 1080–1086 Olaf I, 1086–1095 Eric I, 1095–1103 1013 – Sweyn Forkbeard...
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  • IV of Denmark (1924) Christian V of Denmark (1983) Christian IX of Denmark (1904) Christian X of Denmark (1913) Franciska Clausen (1993) Saint Canute...
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    England broke away from Danish control in 1035 and Denmark fell into disarray for some time. Sweyn Estridsen's son, Canute IV, raided England for the...
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  • Bengt Snivil (category Year of death unknown)
    Benedict, who was son of riksjarl Folke the Fat and Ingegerd Knutsdotter of Denmark, daughter of king Canute IV of Denmark. Children of Bengt Snivil, who...
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    fortresses around Denmark called Trelleborg and built a further Danevirke. In the early 11th century, Canute the Great won and united Denmark, England, and...
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    royal bodies were transferred to St. Canute's Cathedral, also in Odense. The 32-year-old heir, Christian II of Denmark assumed the throne but was deposed...
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    of Ireland, and agrees to pay taxes and accept Brehon Law; the event is considered to be the founding of the city of Dublin. 1086 – King Canute IV of...
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