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    autumn of 1016, the Danish prince Cnut the Great (Canute), supported by Eiríkr Hákonarson, and Thorkell the Tall successfully invaded England. Cnut's father...
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    support Cnut in England, too. Cnut's brother Harald may have been at Cnut's coronation, in 1016, returning to Denmark as its king, with part of the fleet...
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    Cnut's Invasion of Norway or Cnut's Conquest of Norway (Danish: Knuds invasion af Norge), was an invasion and subjugation of the Kingdom of Norway by...
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    led by King Edmund Ironside. The battle was the conclusion to Cnut's invasion of England. On 23 April 1016, King Æthelred the Unready died from an illness...
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  • forces of King Edmund Ironside and Danish king Cnut as a part of Cnut's invasion of England. The West Saxons, fighting for Edmund, were victorious against...
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    Swedish invasions, instead waiting for Cnut's assistance. In 1027, Cnut arrived with a fleet. He forgave Harthacnut his insubordination in view of his youth...
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    Thorkell the Tall (category Earls and ealdormen of East Anglia)
    Forkbeard's 1013 invasion and Cnut's re-invasion a few years later. After the death of Edmund Ironside on 30 November 1016, Cnut became king of England and he divided...
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    Harthacnut. When Cnut's brother, Harald II, King of Denmark, died in 1018, Cnut went to Denmark to secure that realm. Two years later, Cnut brought Norway...
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    11th-century invasion and occupation of England by an army made up of thousands of Norman, French, Flemish, and Breton troops, all led by the Duke of Normandy...
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    harshly. Cnut's brother Harald became the King of Denmark, but with help from Eric Haakonsson of Norway, Cnut raised a new invasion fleet of his own and...
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    "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, driving...
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  • 2017-04-15. "Cnut's invasion of England: setting the scene for the Norman conquest". History Extra. Retrieved 2017-04-15. "The Norman Conquest of England". www...
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    part of a campaign by Cnut to conquer England. The battle was a victory for the English, who nevertheless lost a large number of men. Cnut's invasion continued...
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    of Knýtlinga (English: "House of Cnut's Descendants") was a ruling royal house in Middle Age Scandinavia and England. Its most famous king was Cnut the...
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    wives, the first being Cnut's mother, and the second being the former Queen of Sweden. Cnut's brother Harald was the younger of the two brothers, according...
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    coronation in England because his Danish kingdom was under threat of invasion by King Magnus I of Norway and King Anund Jacob of Sweden. England's magnates...
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    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...
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    England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is located on the island of Great Britain, of which it covers about 62%, and more than 100...
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  • was the case with the marriage of Ælfgifu to Cnut. The status of Cnut's two 'marriages' and their social context in England and Scandinavia has been discussed...
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    King Edmund signed a treaty with Cnut (Canute) under which all of England except for Wessex would be controlled by Cnut. Upon Edmund's death just over a...
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  • There were two Danish attacks on Norman England. The first was an invasion in 1069–1070 conducted in alliance with various English rebels which succeeded...
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  • was married to Cnut's sister, Estrid. Cnut died in 1035 and England was disputed between Harold Harefoot, Cnut's son with Ælfgifu of Northampton, and...
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    Invasions of the British Isles have occurred several times throughout their history. The British Isles have been subject to several waves of invasion...
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  • to Sardinia 1015–1016 Cnut's invasion of England 1018 Battle of Vlaardingen 1018 Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria 1024 Battle of Listven 1024 Rus'–Byzantine...
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    supporting King Cnut by 1018, when Cnut named him Earl of Wessex. Godwin remained an earl throughout the remainder of Cnut's reign, one of only two earls...
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    and Cnut became king of England. Æthelred and Emma's two sons, Edward and Alfred, went into exile in Normandy while their mother, Emma, became Cnut's second...
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  • Håkon Eiriksson, Cnut's vassal ruler of Norway, was lost at sea and Olaf Haraldsson, who had been deposed as king of Norway by Cnut, tried to recapture...
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    February 1685) was King of Scotland from 1649 until 1651 and King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from the 1660 Restoration of the monarchy until his...
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    of the North Sea Empire of Cnut the Great, a personal union between England, Denmark and Norway. The Norman Conquest in 1066 led to the transfer of the...
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    membership required.) —— (1864) [First published 1789]. The History of England from the Invasion of Julius Cæsar to the Revolution in 1688. London: Longman. OCLC 165459692...
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