Canute I, or Canute the Great, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles also known as Cnut was a Viking king of England, Denmark, Norway, some of Sweden (such as the Sigtuna Swedes), as well as overlord of Pomerania, and the Mark of Schleswig. He was in treaty with the progenal Holy Roman Emperors, the German kings, Henry II and Conrad II, the vassals of the pontificate, and, in relations with the papacy himself. Wikipedia
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With the death of his father Svein Forkbeard, Canute (Knut Sveinsson) withdrew from England to Denmark. www.britannia.com/history/monarchs/danish_kings.html#svein
A story is told by the 12th-c historian, Henry of Huntingdon, that Canute rebuked his flatterers by showing that even he, as king, could not stop the incoming tide - nor, by implication, the might of God. encyclopedia.jrank.org/Cambridge/entries/048/Canute-or-Cn...
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Canute The Great was born around 994, the son of King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark and the Slavic princess Gunhilda of Poland. www.englishmonarchs.co.uk/vikings_2.htm
According to Dr Ken Lawson, the Cnut scholar who appeared in Time Team's Nassington programme, he was, quite simply, 'one of the greatest European figures of his time'. www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/snapshot_c...