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Cnut

Cnut (/kəˈnjuːt/ kə-NYOOT; Old Norse: Knútr; c. 995 – 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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Born
c. 995 Kingdom of Denmark
Burial
Old Minster, Winchester, England · Bones now in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
Co-king
Svein Knutsson
Coronation
1017 in London
Died
12 November 1035 (aged around 40) Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Father
Swein Forkbeard

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Birth and kingship

Conquest of England

King of England

King of Denmark

King of Norway and part of Sweden

Influence in the western sea-ways

Relations with the Church

Death and succession

Cnut's skalds

The story of Cnut and the waves

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Cnut

Nodes297
Edges296
Triples620
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006734
Components1

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Cnut

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related to Further reading · 61
Cnut → Albion, Alexander, Alison, An International Journal, Anglo-Danish Empire, Baltic, Barlow, Bolton, Brill, Britain, Changing Thegns, Cnut's Conquest, Companion, Conquest, Consolidation, Cultures, De Gruyter, Denmark, Early Eleventh Century, Economies
related to Birth and kingship · 54
Cnut → According, Adam, Baltic, Boleslaus, Bremen, Burislav, Christianity, Christianization, Cnut's, Contemporary, Continental, Danish, Denmark, Due, Eric, Erik, Gesta Hammaburgensis, Gorm, Gorm's, Great's
related to Influence in the western sea-ways · 45
Cnut → Albannaich, Battle, Brian, Brian Bóruma, Cainnig, Clontarf, Cnut's, Coinage, Domnaill, Domnall, Dublin, Earl, Eimín, England, Further, High King, In, Ireland, Irish, Irish Sea
related to Conquest of England · 39
Cnut → Among, Another, Battle, Bolesław, Brave, Cnut's, Danish, Denmark, Edmund Ironside, Eiríkr Hákonarson, Eiríkr's, England, English, Eric, Hakon, Harald, Haughty, He, In, Lade
related to Death and succession · 34
Cnut → Bruges, Cnut III, Cnut's, Conrad II's, County, Denmark, Dorset, England, English, Eventual, Flanders, Gunhilda, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, He, Henry III, His, Holy Roman Empire, If, In Denmark
related to Relations with the Church · 34
Cnut → Archbishop Lyfing, Archbishop Wulfstan, As, Canterbury, Christian, Christianization, Church, Cnut's, Denmark, Emma, English, Estrid, Europe, Exeter, He, His, If, In, It, Lambert
related to King of Denmark · 33
Cnut → Anund Jacob, Baltic, Cnut's, Cnut's Englishmen, Danes, Danish, Denmark, England, Estrid Svendsdatter, Godwin, Harald II, Harthacnut, He, His, In, It, Jomsborg, Jomsvikings, Norway, Olof Skötkonung
related to King of Norway and part of Sweden · 33
Cnut → Adam, Bremen, Coins, Denmark, Earl, Earldom, Eiríkr Hákonarson, England, Erik, Hakon, He, Helgeå, Håkon Eiriksson, In, It, John, King, King Olaf Haraldsson, Lade, Northumbria
related to Cnut's skalds · 30
Cnut → Arnórr, As, Bersi Torfuson, Byzantium, Christian, Cnut's, Despite, Four, Freyr, God, God's, Hallvarðr, Hallvarðr's Knútsdrápa, Heaven, Höfuðlausn, Knútsdrápur, Kolbeinsson's Eiríksdrápa, Liðsmannaflokkr, Lord, Norway
related to London captured by treaty · 30
Cnut → Accession, Archbishop, Ashdon, Ashingdon, Assandun, Battle, Canterbury, Danes, Danish, Dean, Deerhurst, Eadric Streona, Edmund, Edmund's, England, English, Essex, Forest, Gloucestershire, In

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england king cnut's denmark english norway also danish rome death scandinavia one went london known harald viking son great battle

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
CnutBornc. 995 Kingdom of Denmark1.00infobox
CnutBurialOld Minster, Winchester, England1.00infobox
CnutBurialBones now in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England1.00infobox
CnutCo-kingSvein Knutsson1.00infobox
CnutCoronation1017 in London1.00infobox
CnutDied12 November 1035 (aged around 40) Shaftesbury, Dorset, England1.00infobox
CnutFatherSwein Forkbeard1.00infobox
CnutHouseKnýtlinga1.00infobox
CnutIssueSvein Knutsson1.00infobox
CnutIssueHarold Harefoot1.00infobox
CnutIssueHarthacnut1.00infobox
CnutIssueGunhilda, Queen of the Germans1.00infobox
CnutMotherSigrid Storråda or Gunhild of Wenden1.00infobox
CnutPredecessorEdmund II1.00infobox
CnutPredecessorHarald II1.00infobox
CnutPredecessorSaint Olaf1.00infobox
CnutReign1016–10351.00infobox
CnutReign1018–10351.00infobox
CnutReign1028–10351.00infobox
CnutSpousesÆlfgifu of Northampton1.00infobox
CnutSpousesEmma of Normandy1.00infobox
CnutSuccessorHarold I1.00infobox
CnutSuccessorHarthacnut1.00infobox
CnutSuccessorMagnus the Good1.00infobox

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