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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.
Cnut | |
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![]() A 14t century portrait o Cnut the Great | |
Keeng o Ingland | |
Ring | 1016–1035 |
Coronation | 6 Januar 1017 (London) |
Predecessor | Edmund |
Successor | Harold |
Keeng o Denmark | |
Ring | 1018–1035 |
Predecessor | Harald II o Denmark |
Successor | Harthacnut |
Keeng o Norawa | |
Reing | 1028–1035 |
Predecessor | Olaf Haraldsson |
Successor | Magnus Olafsson |
Born | c. 985 – c. 995 Denmark |
Dee'd | 12 November 1035 (aged 40–50) Shaftesbury, Dorset, Ingland |
Buirial | Auld Meenster, Winchester. Bones nou in Winchester Cathedral |
Spouse | Ælfgifu of Northampton Emma o Normandy |
Issue | wi Ælfgifu Svein Knutsson Harold Harefit wi Emma Harthacnut Gunhilda o Denmark |
Hoose | House of Denmark |
Faither | Sweyn Forkbeard |
Mither | unkent (Świętosława / Sigrid/ Gunhild)[1] |
Releegion | Christian |
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