Canute (Knut ,Knud ,Cnut)'the Great', King of England, Denmark and Norway^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]}

Abt 985 - 1035  (~ 50 years)

• Name	Canute (Knut ,Knud ,Cnut)'the Great'
  Suffix	King of England, Denmark and Norway
  Born	Abt 985	Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Characteristics	Forged of Ice
  History	Nov 1013	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  	In the winter, Canute's father Forkbeard was in the process of consolidating his kingship in Mercia, leaving Canute in charge of the fleet and the base of the army at Gainsborough.
  Occupation	30 Nov 1016
  	King of Denmark: 1018 to 12 Nov 1035 King of England: 30 Nov 1016 to 12 Nov 1035 King of Norway: 1028 to 12 Nov 1035 Preceded in England by Edmund II 'Ironside'. Succeeded in England by his son Harold 'Harefoot'. Younger son.
  History	1018	York, North Yorkshire, England
  	By the end of 1018, Canute had managed to screw a 100 per cent income tax out of his subjects to pay off his supporters and fill his treasure chests. Wulfstan, Archbishop of York fearing 'the end of days' persuaded Canute to uphold the laws devised by his English predecessor kings. Canute had already married Ethelred's widow Emma as his own spoil of war, never divorcing his first wife Aelgifu of Northampton. Emma's mother was Danish and she probably spoke Danish. Emma had a West Saxon pedigree and class.
  History	Abt 1020	Wilton Abbey, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
  	Canute, King of England and Denmark and his wife Emma regularly rode out to visit the Nunnery at Wilton Abbey to pray amongst the tombs of the women of the House of Wessex. Rather than pillaging churches as his ancestors had done, Canute grew famous for refurbishing them. As the millennium of Christ's resurrection approached, Church building across Europe became fashionable for wealthy nobles. While it served to cleanse them of their or their ancestor's sins, it also served to privatise what had been common meetings, branding worshipers property of the manor. The churches that sheltered the weak were built as mirror images of castles that protected the powerful, and were surrounded by 'cimiterium', cemeteries where the dead were buried.
  History	Mar 1027	Rome (Roma), Lazio (Latium), Italy
  	Canute, King of England and Denmark makes a pilgrimage to Rome for the coronation on Easter Day of Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. He agrees with Conrad II that his daughter Gunhilda should marry Conrad II's son the future Henry III. The marriage was part of a pact between her Canute and Conrad II over peaceful borders in the area of Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  Died	12 Nov 1035	Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Buried	Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England
  Person ID	I1748535728	Red1st
  Last Modified	20 Feb 2009

  
  

  Father	Sweyn I(Svend ,Svein)'Forkbeard (Tveskùg)' Haraldsson, King of Denmark and England,   b. Bef 960, Denmark ,   d. 3 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England  (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Saum-Aesa (Świętosława)'Gunnhilda',   b. Bef 952, Poland
  Family ID	F672837434	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ælfgifu of Northampton
  Children	1. Harold'Harefoot', King of England,   b. Abt 1015, England ,   d. 17 Mar 1040, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England  (Age ~ 25 years)   2. Sweyn Knutsson, Viceroy of Norway,   b. Abt 1016, England ,   d. 1035, Norway  (Age ~ 19 years)
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2008 16:06:37
  Family ID	F672264427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Emma of Normandy, Queen consort of England,   b. 06 Mar 985, Normandie, France ,   d. 6 Mar 1052, Winchester, Hampshire, England  (Age 67 years)
  Married	1017
  Children	1. Harthacanut'Canutethe Hardy (Tough-knot)', King of England,   b. Abt 1019, Wessex, England ,   d. 08 Jun 1042  (Age ~ 23 years) + 2. Gunhilda of Denmark, Princess of England,   b. Abt 1020,   d. 18 Jul 1038, Italy  (Age ~ 18 years)
  Family ID	F672152874	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 985 - Denmark History - Nov 1013 - Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England History - 1018 - York, North Yorkshire, England History - Abt 1020 - Wilton Abbey, Wilton, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England History - Mar 1027 - Rome (Roma), Lazio (Latium), Italy Died - 12 Nov 1035 - Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Buried - - Old Minster, Winchester, Hampshire, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Photos

  Canute 'the Great' Detail of an engraving of Canute by an unknown artist The Royal Collection © 2006, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

  
  

• Sources

  [S25458533028] Darrin Lythgoe. [S25458533725] Feudal Kingdom of England 1042-1216, Frank Barlow, (Longman, 5th edn, 1999), Tables, p. 375. [S25458533589] Dictionary of National Biography, 1st Ed., Ed: Leslie Stephen et al, (Oxford University Press, 1885 to 1900, c. 50 Vols), His own article. [S25458533641] II: Domesday Descendants, K S B Keats-Rohan, (Boydell Press, 2002), Cnut rex, pp. 1101-2. [S25458533684] Tim Powys-Lybbe. [S50917135171] Millennium, by Tom Holland.