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  Denmark - LoveToKnow 1911
DENMARK (Danmark), a small kingdom of Europe, occupying part of a peninsula and a group of islands dividing the Baltic and North Seas, in the middle latitudes of the eastern coast.
Denmark, however, is nowhere low in the sense in which Holland is; the country is pleasantly diversified, and rises a little at the coast even though it remains flat inland.
The population of Denmark in 1901 was 2,449,540.
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 Denmark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Denmark’s main exports are agricultural and industrial machinery, teak and oak furniture, meat, fish, and metals and metal manufactures; the chief imports are machinery, metals, motor vehicles, and fuels.
Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588–1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648–70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
Denmark was defeated and agreed in the London Protocol of 1852 to preserve a special status for the two duchies.
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 Canute IV of Denmark
Canute was the illegitimate son of Sweyn II Estridsson.
When Canute tried to force peasants from Jutland to participate in a raid against England (and its current ruler, William the Conqueror), the peasants led an uprising that culminated with his death inside the wooden Church of St. Alban's in Odense, along with his brother Benedict and 17 of their followers.
From later Lutheran tradition, Canute in spite of his official canonisation, came to stand as a tyrant par excellence that exploited the peasantry and was killed by his freedom-loving people, an interpretation often seen in liberal history writing and left-wing poetry.
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 Canute IV of Denmark
Canute IV "the Saint" (1040 - 1086) was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.
Canute IV wanted to establish a strong royal authority on the basis of a strong church.
In 1101 he was canonised as a saint, and in 1300 he and his brother were interred in the new Saint Canute's Cathedral.
www.starrepublic.org /encyclopedia/wikipedia/c/ca/canute_iv_of_denmark.html   (144 words)

  
 The Ecole Glossary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The illegitimate son of Sven II of Denmark, Canute was the grandnephew of Canute of England, who had reigned from 1016 until 1035, and considered the throne of England to be his and William the Conquerer to be a usurper.
Canute, who was then king of Norway, made his first attempt to claim the English crown in 1075; he and his army were defeated at York.
Canute pursued a domestic policy of taxes and tithes, by which he began to create a government funded by something besides the king's war booty and to strengthen the church.
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 History of Denmark
Today, Denmark's balanced economy, in which much of its agricultural and industrial output is exported, gives the country one of the highest standards of living in the world.
Denmark is subject to marine and continental air masses, and great differences occur in the day-to-day weather, depending on the direction of the prevailing winds.
Industrial development, hitherto slowed in Denmark owing to the lack of raw materials for heavy industry, was aided by the growing demand for equipment in the food-processing industries, and by the end of the 19th century, numerous industrial items were being produced.
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 King Canute the Great
Canute (who is known as Knud in Denmark and Knut in Norway) was the son of Svein Forkbeard Canute's grandfather was Harald Bluetooth and his great-grandfather was King Gorm.
Canute was anxious to consolidate political unity in England and, as part of his drive towards this, he razed some of the burghs which had been created to defend southern England against The Danelaw Vikings, and vice versa.
Canute's sons, unfortunately, were not made of the same stuff as their father so, on his death, the Anglo-Scandinavian empire he had acquired began to break up.
www.viking.no /e/people/e-knud.htm   (1099 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > List of Danish monarchs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This is a list of Danish monarchs, that is, the Kings and ruling Queens of Denmark, including Regents of the Kalmar Union, up until the present time.
Denmark has one of the longest running unbroken lines of succession in the world, second only to that of the Japanese emperors.
Different branches of Oldenburg have held the Crown of Denmark since 1448, until 1864 in personal union[?] with the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein.
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 Denmark Information, Pictures, and Danish Map
Denmark is one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, falling behind only the countries of Luxemburg, Norway and Switzerland, respectively.
Historically Denmark has had a tremendous impact particularly on England, as the Danish tribe the Angles (from which the word England is derived) and their cousins from northern Germany the Saxons conquered England in the 5th century.
Canute (Cnut in Danish) was known for bringing peace and prosperity to England and for his wisdom.
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 Denmark
Denmark lies between 54° and 58° of latitude north and 8° and 15° of longitude east.
Denmark is bordered on the west by the North Sea and on the east by the Baltic Sea.
Denmark was probably inhabited as far back as the last interglacial period some 120,000 years ago, and possibly also in the warmer phases during the last ice age.
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 St. Canute IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Canute IV CatholiCity - The Catholic Church Simplified
Martyr and King of Denmark, date of birth uncertain; d.
His people having revolted on account of the cruelties of certain tax-collectors, Canute retired to the island of Funen.
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 Denmark History | iExplore.com
By this time, Denmark had suffered its final territorial defeat, when the province of Schleswig-Holstein was recovered by Germany at the 1864 Treaty of Vienna (although part of Schleswig was later awarded to Denmark by the 1918 Treaty of Versailles, which ended World War I).
Along with the UK, Denmark is the most ‘Eurosceptic’ nation, as became apparent when a 1992 referendum rejected Danish acceptance of the Maastricht Treaty on the future development of the EU.
Most of Denmark’s trade is conducted within the EU, of which it is a member, although it has proved reluctant to adopt measures which are perceived as threatening to its sovereignty.
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 Canute IV of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Canute IV, (1040 — 1086), known variously as known as Canute the Saint and Canute the Holy, was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.
Cantue was the illegitimate son of Sweyn II Estridsson and Adelaide, the daughter of Robert I, the count of Flanders.
When Cantue tried to force peasants from Jutland to participate in a raid against England (and its current ruler, William the Conqueror), the peasants led an uprising that culminated with his death inside the wooden Church of St. Alban's in Odense, along with his brother Benedict and 17 of their followers.
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 January 19 Saint   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Canute was a strong, wise king of Denmark.
Canute knelt in church at the foot of the altar and offered his crown to the King of kings, Jesus.
Canute tried to be a good king so he could thank Jesus for all the blessings he had received.
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 Denmark
Denmark has a population consisting of Nordic Scandinavians.
In 1448 the house of Oldenburg was established on the throne in the person of Christian I. During the reign (1534-59) of Christian III, the reformation brought the establishment of a national Lutheran church.
In 1814, Denmark, which had sided with Napoleonic France after British attacks on Copenhagen in 1801 and 1807, was forced to cede Norway to Sweden and Helgoland to England.
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 Timeline: 1000-1100   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Battle of Svolder--Sweyn kills Olaf of Norway and annexes Norway to Denmark.
Canute marries Emma of Normandy, widow of Aethelred II.
At the Synod of Worms, bishops loyal to Henry IV declare Pope Gregory deposed.
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 Denmark: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — Infoplease.com
Denmark supported Napoléon, for which it was punished at the Congress of Vienna in 1815 by the loss of Norway to Sweden.
Denmark was the only occupied country in World War II to save all its Jews from extermination, by smuggling them out of the country.
Frederick III, king of Denmark and Norway - Frederick III, 1609–70, king of Denmark and Norway (1648–70), son and successor of...
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 Denmark - History - The Viking Age
Possibly the word Denmark - which first appears at the end of the 9th century but is probably much older - only covered the Danish territory east of the Great Belt, and Harald must therefore have added these to the Jutland kingdom he inherited from his father, Gorm the Old.
Canute the Holy (Canute IV) attempted to extend the royal powers considerably by instituting new royal rights, and by suggesting that public administration of justice should replace the private one.
Denmark traded extensively with the rest of Europe during the time of the Viking expeditions.
www.um.dk /Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/kap6/6-2.asp   (2064 words)

  
 Saint Patrick's Church: Saints of January 19
Canute began his reign with a successful war against the troublesome, barbarous enemies of the state, and by planting the faith in conquered territories.
Canute aided the missionaries in order to convert his people and those of Livonia, Samogitia, and Courland, heightened the authority of the clergy (making some of them powerful temporal lords), imposed the payment of tithes for the upkeep, combatted heathen customs, and built many churches, including that of Lund.
The heavy taxes Canute had hastily introduced for the tithe and for war, and his disputes with the jarls led to a rebellion headed by his brother Olaf, and forced Canute to abandon the invasion and flee to the island of Funen (Fionia).
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 Canute: Canute singles - canute dating - canute personals. Canute iv of denmark - wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Canute King Canute I of England was also King Canute II of Denmark and King Canute of Norway.
Canute Canute, the son of Sweyn Forkbeard and his Polish wife, in about 996.
Canute younger son of Sweyn of Denmark, Canute accompanied his father on the expedition In 1015, Canute reinvaded England with a powerful army that conquered most of king canute on the seashore
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 Royalty.nu - Danish Royalty, Kings and Queens of Denmark
The first royal house of Denmark was established in the 10th century by a Viking king called Gorm the Old.
In 1397, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden formed the Kalmar Union under Margaret I. Born a Danish princess, she had married King Haakon VI of Norway.
Christian IV was king of Denmark and Norway from 1588 to 1648.
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 Vlar's Timeline of the World (Page 7)
Henry IV seized by Archbishop II of Cologne.
Henry IV extends the "Peace of God" over his entire empire.
Henry IV dead; succeeded by Lothar of Saxony as King.
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 Margaret I of Denmark Summary
She was born in Vordingborg Castle, the daughter of Valdemar IV of Denmark and Helvig of Sønderjylland.
Her first act after her father's death in (1375) was to procure the election of her infant son Olaf as king of Denmark, despite the claims of the husband of her elder sister and her son (the husband was duke Henry of Mecklenburg).
She is known in Denmark as "Margrete I", to distinguish her from the current queen, but she never actually styled herself Queen; rather she called herself "Margrete, by the grace of God, Valdemar Daneking's daughter".
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 Fishing.com - Leading the world to the water - Your online fishing resource guide.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Canute IV - Short biography, by Karen Rae Keck.
Canute IV of Denmark, King - Also known as Knute.
Canute IV - King of Denmark, martyr, d.
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 The Baldwin Project: Our Island Story by H. E. Marshall
Edmund had two sons, and Canute was afraid that the people might wish to make one of them king, so he sent both to a far-off country called Hungary.
From this story we learn that Canute was a Christian, although many of the Danes were still heathen, but no doubt they very soon followed the example of their king, and became Christians too.
King Canute died, and was buried in the minster at Winchester.
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 List of Dukes of Halland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Charles Eriksen, maternal grandson of Canute IV of Denmark, son of Eric, Earl of Falster
1235-1304), Duke of Southern Halland 1284-1304, titularly of Reval, eldest son of Canute, Duke of Reval, Lolland and Blekinge, bastard son of Valdemar II of Denmark and grandson of Swedish Earl Guttorm
A fresco in Søborg Castle, Denmark, dates from her stay there 1331-36 and shows the arms of Halland as a crowned upstanding silver lion on blue.
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 St. Canute IV   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The illegitimate son of King Sven II Estridson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harald III Hen in 1081.
In 1085, he planned an invasion of England, but the nobles of the court rebelled against him and forced him to flee to the isle of Funen.
There, Canute, his brother Benedict, and seventeen companions were slain in the church of St. Alban.
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He was the nephew of Canute and maintained, like William, that Edward had named him as his successor.
William did not return to England for any significant period until 1085, when he brought over a massive army to defend the island against a planned invasion under Canute IV of Denmark.
Canute, however, was murdered before the invasion began.
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