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	Canute VI - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During his twenty years' reign Denmark advanced steadily along the path of greatness and prosperity marked out for her by Valdemar I., consolidating and extending her dominion over the North Baltic coast and adopting a more and more independent attitude towards Germany.
		The concluding years of Canute's reign were peaceful, as became a prince who, though by no means a coward, was not of an overwhelmingly martial temperament.
		The war continued intermittently till 1201, when Duke Valdemar, Canute's younger brother, conquered the whole of Holstein, and Duke Adolf was subsequently captured at Hamburg and sent in chains to Denmark.
	51.1911encyclopedia.org /Canute_VI (395 words)

	Denmark : In Depth : History \| Frommers.com
		Historians conclude that Denmark was a land of frequent migrations, frequent annihilations of one tribal unit by another, and frequent changeovers of the racial texture of the peninsula as one tribe of people was either annihilated or ousted by others.
		Part of Denmark's military and mercantile success derived from the general weakness of the German states to the south; part of it was because of a population explosion within Denmark, which increased the pressure for colonization.
		Denmark, thanks to its control of the narrow straits near Copenhagen, its ownership of such Baltic islands as Ösel and Gotland, and, in the Atlantic, its control of Iceland and the Faroe Islands, could be accused of being far more imperial than its size, and present-day pacifism, would imply.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/denmark/0220020044.html (3277 words)

	Chesstories - King Canute and the Murder of a Danish Earl
		Canute had learned that his flattering courtiers claimed he was "So great, he could command the tides of the sea to go back".
		Scotland also submitted to Canute and, by the late 1020s, Canute was able to claim to be 'king of all England, and of Denmark, of the Norwegians, and part of the Swedes'.
		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.
	www.goddesschess.com /chesstories/canute.html (1894 words)

	Wollin - LoveToKnow 1911
		Its foundation was attributed to a legendary Viking exiled from Denmark, called Palnotoke or Palnatoki.
		The town of Wollin became in 1140 the seat of the Pomeranian bishopric, which was transferred to Kammin about 1170.
		of Denmark in 1183, and was taken by the Swedes in 1630 and 1759 and by the Brandenburgers in 1659 and 1675.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Wollin (431 words)

	Denmark
		Located between the North Sea on the west and the Baltic Sea on the southeast, Denmark is separated from Norway by the Skagerrak and from Sweden by the Kattegat and the Oresund.
		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.
	www.goodnewsmedia.com /denmark (1010 words)

	World Homes Network - Denmark
		Vikings from Denmark also raided extensively in northern and western France, until in 911 they were ceded Normandy (`land of the Norse´) by the French king; the Normans, as the Vikings who settled in France became known, were to play an important role in the history of western Europe over the next few centuries.
		During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559-88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588-1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563- 70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden.
		Denmark wished to remain neutral, and if this was not possible was resolved to attack even France; but a British fleet was dispatched in 1807 to take possession of the Danish fleet, and at the same time to offer Denmark very generous terms.
	www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/scandanavia/denmark/denmark.htm (3712 words)

	A brief history of Denmark : Part 2 (800-1536)
		800 on, Denmark's main opponent was the Empire of the Franks, and later Germany (the eastern remnant of the Frankish Empire).
		A brief period of attempted Danish expansion in North Germany, from 1301 to 1319, under King Erik VI Menved (whose curious cognomen derives from a common oath or exclamation), failed with the death of the king.
		From 1441, Denmark and the Netherlands had been working closely together on the international political arena, and this was emphasized by the marriage, in 1514, of King Christian II to a princess of the Habsburgs.
	www.scholiast.org /history/denmark/danhist2.html (1728 words)

	Valdemar I of Denmark Biography
		He was the son of Canute Lavard a chivalrous and popular Danish prince.
		He reorganized and rebuilt wartorn Denmark and at the instigation of Absalon declared war upon the Wends who inhabited Pomerania and the island of Rügen. In 1168 the Wendish capital of Arkona was taken and the Wends became Christians and subject to Danish suzeranity.
		Valdemar I died in 1182 and was succeeded by his first son Canute VI.
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Valdemar_I_of_Denmark.html (325 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).
	www.saintpatrickdc.org /ss/0119.htm (5590 words)

	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.
		Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark by Karin Palshoj, Gitte Redder.
	www.royalty.nu /Europe/Scandinavia/Denmark.html (2061 words)

	1182: The People's Chronology
		Denmark's Valdemar I (the Great) dies May 12 at age 51 after a 25-year reign in which he has gained independence from the Holy Roman emperor, ended a Wend (Slav) threat to Danish shipping, and gained Church approval of hereditary rule by his dynasty.
		His 19-year-old son will reign until 1202 as Canute VI, calling himself king of the Danes and Wends, resisting northward expansion by the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I, and extending Danish dominion over Pomerania and Holstein as he makes his country the dominant power in the Baltic.
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	history.enotes.com /peoples-chronology/year-1182 (291 words)

	Vlar's Timeline of the World (Page 7)
		Louis VI of France dead; succeeded by Louis VII.
		Frederick I Barbarossa drowned in Cilicia; succeeded by Henry VI.
		Henry VI conquers Sicily and crowned King of Sicily.
	www.angelfire.com /vt/VlarDracul/timeline7.html (1158 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Philip II
		Richard, having been taken captive on his return from the Crusade by the Duke of Austria, was delivered to Henry VI, who held him prisoner.
		Philip II sent William, Archbishop of Reims, to Henry VI to request that Richard should remain the captive of Germany or that he should be delivered to Philip as his prisoner.
		In 1210 he thought of marrying a princess of Thuringia, and in 1212 renewed his importunities for the divorce with the legate, Robert de Courçon.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/12001a.htm (1955 words)

	Titles of European hereditary rulers
		Margaret was the daughter of Valdemar IV, King of Denmark, and the widow of Haakon VI, King of Norway and Sweden.
		Margaret (+1412), Regent of Denmark (from 1375), of Norway (from 1380), and of Sweden (from 1389), by diplomacy and war, pursued dynastic policies that led to the Kalmar Union (1397), which united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden until 1523 and Denmark and Norway until 1814.
		Erick was proclaimed hereditary King of Norway in 1389 and was elected king of Denmark and Sweden in 1396.
	www.geocities.com /eurprin/denmark.html (4561 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. Gottschalk
		After some years he was released, and went to Denmark with many of his people.
		Canute of Denmark employed them in his wars in Norway, and afterwards sent them to England with his new Sweyn.
		He had now returned to practice of his faith, and married Sigrith, a daughter, some say, Canute, others of King Magnus of Norway.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06681a.htm (431 words)

	Philip II (Augustus)
		As Richard had supported in Sicily the claims of Tancred of Lecce against those of the Emperor Henry VI, the latter resolved to be avenged.
		But, when in February, 1194, Richard was set free by Henry VI, John Lackland became reconciled with him and endless conflict followed between Richard and Philip.
		Then, in 1213, having need of the aid of the pope and the King of Denmark, he suddenly restored Ingeburga to her station as queen.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/p/philip_ii.html (1972 words)

	CANUTE VI - Online Information article about CANUTE VI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Denmark, eldest son of Valdemar I., was crowned in his seventh See also:
		The concluding years of Canute's reign were peaceful, as became a See also:
		Holstein, wasted the dominions of the Danophil Abodrites.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAL_CAR/CANUTE_VI.html (532 words)

	AllRefer.com - Denmark, Scandinavia (Scandinavian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Danmark, officially Kingdom of Denmark, kingdom (1995 est.
		Copenhagen is Denmark's capital, largest city, and chief industrial center.
		• Frederick VI, king of Denmark and Norway
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Denmark.html (211 words)

	Denmark
		Apr 1016 - 8 Jun 1042 Denmark in personal union with England.
		Note: Inside Denmark itself, the different resistance groups were united, in 1943, into the Freedom Council.
		However, Scavenius and his government constitutionally still were Denmark's government until 1945.
	www.worldstatesmen.org /Denmark.html (2445 words)

	Danish Gold Coins
		Denmark was a major European power during the Viking period from the ninth to the eleventh centuries, even under Cnut (Canute), conquering most of Britain.
		Denmark has been a constitutional monarchy since 1849, and adopted decimal currency in 1874.
		Between 1841 and 1870, Denmark also issued similar gold trade coins styled as "Christian D'or" (Gold Christians), named after its kings Christian VIII and IX, and also double sized coins, known as 2 Christians D'Or.
	www.taxfreegold.co.uk /denmark.html (249 words)

	Gesta Danorum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In sixteen books, written in Latin on the invitation of Archbishop Absalon, it describes Danish history and to some degree Nordic history in general, from roughly 600 BC to the late 12th century.
		The last event described in the last book (Book 16) is King Canute VI of Denmark subduing Vendenland in Pomerania under Duke Bogislaw I, in 1186.
		We know from Svend Aagesen's history of Denmark, Brevis Historia Regum Dacie, ca 1186, were it is stated that Saxo had decided to write about ‘The king-father and his sons’ which would be King Sweyn Estridson, which is book 11, 12, 13.
	gesta-danorum.iqnaut.net (1224 words)

	Philippe II 'Auguste' Capet Roi de France
		She was renamed Isambour, and Stephan of Dornik described her as "very kind, young of age but old of wisdom." For some unknown reason, Philip II Augustus was repulsed by her, and he refused to have her be crowned Queen.
		Philippe II had divorced his spouse Ingeborg of Denmark to marry Agnès de Méranie, so that the marriage and his posterity were considered as illegitimate.
		This is the reason, after the death of Agnès de Méranie, Philippe II requested that pope Innocent III legitimize their two children, a request to which the Pope acquiesced.
	www.delmars.com /family/perrault/7048.htm (1675 words)

	1184: The People's Chronology
		The Great Diet of Mainz opens under the aegis of the Holy Roman Emperor Friedrich I Barbarossa, who has his two sons knighted in the presence of a multitude of princes and knights at a colossal medieval pageant.
		Norway's Magnus V Erlingsson obtains help from Denmark's Canute VI for a campaign to recover control of his country from the pretender Sverrir Sigurdsson but is killed in battle at Fimreite June 15 at age 27 (approximate), leaving Sverrir as sole king (see 1177).
		The exiled archbishop Eystein Erlendsen returned to Norway last year and made peace with Sverrir, but Sverrir has demanded a reduction in the archbishop's armed forces (see 1190).
	history.enotes.com /peoples-chronology/year-1184 (425 words)

	Canute VI of Denmark - History - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canute_VI_of_Denmark?action=history (155 words)

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