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	Wikinfo \| Canute the Great
		Canute's mother was Gunhild (formerly Swiatoslawa, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland).
		Canute is generally regarded as a wise and successful king of England, although this view may in part be attributable to his good treatment of the church, which controlled the history writers of the day.
		Canute died on November 12, 1035, at Shaftesbury in Dorset, and was buried at Winchester.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Canute_the_Great (820 words)

	Britannia: Monarchs of Britain
		Canute consolidated his power by eliminating all claimants to the throne from the House of Wessex, through either banishment or execution.
		Canute got rid of his mistress and took Æthelred's widow, Emma, to be his lawfully wedded wife.
		Canute's reign was a strong and effective one.
	www.britannia.com /history/monarchs/mon17.html (249 words)

	Canute - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		CANUTE [Canute], 995?-1035, king of England, Norway, and Denmark.
		The younger son of Sweyn of Denmark, Canute accompanied his father on the expedition of 1013 that invaded England and forced Æthelred to flee to Normandy.
		Canute established friendly relations with the Holy Roman Empire and attended the coronation of Conrad II in Rome in 1027.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-canute.html (455 words)

	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)

	Ancestors and Family of Knud I Svendsson den Mektige of Denmark
		Canute was left in charge of the fleet at Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and it was probably then that he met Aelfgifu, daughter of an ealdorman (chief officer) of Northumbria who had been murdered with King Aethelred II's connivance in 1006; she bore him two sons, Sweyn and Harold.
		Canute won a victory at Ashingdon, Essex, on October 18, and the kingdom was then divided; but Edmund died on November 30, and Canute succeeded to the whole.
		Canute paid off most of his fleet in 1018, and the Danes and the English reached an agreement at Oxford, one authority adding "according to Edgar's law." A draft of the treaty survives, written in the style of Archbishop Wulfstan of York, who later drew up Canute's laws, mainly based on previous legislation.
	nygaard.howards.net /files/2/1522.htm (1059 words)

	Canute the Great
		anute the Great was the son of Svend Tveskæg (Sweyn Forkbeard).
		Canute kept Wessex, Torkild Høje (Thorkild the Tall) was given East Anglia, the Norwegian Erik Jarl – the powerful family of the Trøndejarl´s was given Northumbria and the British renegade the ealderman Eadric Streona who time after time had changed side was given Mercia.
		Canute pursued the main structure in the British Royal power, but he had other men than Ethelred had, and in connection with these changes redistributions of land and changes in the government of the empire were made.
	www.vikingworld.dk /jellinge49.htm (1458 words)

	English Monarchs - Kings and Queens of England - Canute. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Canute the Great was born around 994, the son of King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark and Gunhilda of Poland.
		Canute emerged from a striking metamorphosis to became an avid protector of the church.
		The popularity of Canute grew by his insistence that the kingdom should continue to be ruled by the laws laid down by Edgar the Peaceful and made his own additions to these, forbidding heathen practices.
	www.englishmonarchs.co.uk /vikings_2.htm (578 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: King Canute
		Mercia and Northumbria were Canute's portion, and a tax known as the "danegeld" was levied on both armies to defray the expenses of the Danish fleet.
		Canute already had two sons, Harold and Sweyn, by another wife, but the right of succession was to be with the offspring of the new union.
		The Church had suffered heavily at Canute's hands, but he sought her friendship and built a church at Assandun to commemorate the victory; rebuilt the church of St. Eadmund at Bury and established the monks there; and was a benefactor in many other places, contributing even to the erection of the cathedral of Chartres.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/03306c.htm (874 words)

	Chesstories - King Canute and the Murder of a Danish Earl
		When King Canute saw that the kings of Norway and Sweden steered eastward with their forces along the coast, he sent men to ride night and day on the land to follow their movements.
		Now when he heard that a great part of the fleet had sailed away from the kings, he turned back with his forces to Seeland, and lay with his whole fleet in the Sound; so that a part lay on the Scania side, and a part on the Seeland side.
		Canute had great respect for the old English laws, to which he brought a keen sense of justice and a regard for individual rights.
	www.goddesschess.com /chesstories/canute.html (1894 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Canute
		Canute CANUTE [Canute], 995?-1035, king of England, Norway, and Denmark.
		He became chief adviser to King Canute, was created (c.1018) an earl, and was given great wealth and lands.
		Waldemar I WALDEMAR I [Waldemar I] (Waldemar the Great), 1131-82, king of Denmark (1157-82).
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Canute (549 words)

	Canute the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Canute (or Cnut) I, or Canute the Great (Danish: Knud den Store, Norwegian: Knut den Store) (994/995 – November 12, 1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway and governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania.
		Canute's mother was Gunhild (formerly Swiatoslawa daughter of Mieszko I of Poland), while his father, Sweyn, remained pagan to the end of his life.
		Silver coin coined for Canute the Great Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor was friendly with Canute and had his young son Henry married to Canute's daughter Cunigunde (Gunhilda).
	canute-the-great.iqnaut.net (755 words)

	The Royal Court of Canute the Great, 1028 A.D. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Royal Court of Canute the Great, 1028 A.D. The Royal Court of Canute the Great, 1028 A.D. From the late 8th century to the 11th century, the Vikings dominated most of
		Canute the Great was one of the most powerful of the Viking kings.
		Delegates will help guide Canute to become the most dominant Viking of his era by advising him in relations with other potentates, determining the direction of the administration of his lands, and conducting exploration of their world.
	home.uchicago.edu /~pbartosz/committees/canute.html (136 words)

	Canute the Great - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Canute was the son of king Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark and his queen, the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland.
		Canute proceeded to England in the summer of 1015 with a Danish force of approximately 10,000 men.
		Canute died in 1035, at Shaftesbury in Dorset, and was buried in the Old Minster in Winchester.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canute_the_Great (1746 words)

	OMACL: Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part VI
		Canute the Great was at last ready with his fleet, and left the land; and a vast number of men he had, and ships frightfully large.
		The conqueror of great Ethelred, Canute, is there, his foemen's dread: His dragon with her sails of blue, All bright and brilliant to the view, High hoisted on the yard arms wide, Carries great Canute o'er the tide.
		Canute's army will thus be dispersed so widely, that it is uncertain to whom fate may at the last give the victory; but let us first find out what resolution he takes." Thus King Olaf ended his speech, and it found much applause, and his advice was followed.
	omacl.org /Heimskringla/haraldson6.html (12011 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		Canute the Great died in 1036, at the age of thirty-six years; and was succeeded on the throne of Denmark by Hardicanute, his son by his second wife, and on the throne of England by Harald Harefoot, his son by his first wife.
		Waldemar the Great died in 1182, and was succeeded by his son, Canute the Pious, who reduced all of Pomerania and a part of Eastern Prussia under the dominion of Denmark.
		Olaf Trygvaeson is one of the great heroes of Norwegian romance, and his exploits constitute a fruitful theme for the songs of poets.
	www.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	Skoletorget/Canute the Great
		Canute the Great ("Canute" is the English name for the Scandinavian name "Knut") was ruler over Denmark and England from 1016 to 1035.
		It is unclear whether Canute had anything to do with his death, but anyway the result was that Canute later that year (1016) was crowned king of all England (and thereby excluded all the sons of Ethelred and Edmund).
		Canute had been a heathen when he first came to England, but he had quickly converted to Christianity.
	www.skoletorget.no /abb/eng/vikings/knut_om.html (437 words)

	OMACL: Heimskringla: Saga of Olaf Haraldson: Part V
		Canute the Great was a son of Svein Haraldson Forkedbeard, whose forefathers, for a long course of generations, had ruled over Denmark.
		Canute the Great had conquered England by blows and weapons, and had a long struggle before the people of the land were subdued.
		Canute the Great drew scat and revenue from the people who were the richest of all in northern lands; and in the same proportion as he had greater revenues than other kings, he also made greater presents than other kings.
	omacl.org /Heimskringla/haraldson5.html (10855 words)

	Medieval Scandinavian Kingdoms (A
		Canute the Great had been converted to Christianity in England, and he abolished the worship of Odin in Denmark, making Christianity the state religion.
		Canute the Great resided chiefly in England, and his reign belongs more to English than to Danish history.
		He was defeated by the Danes in a great naval battle in the year A. 1000, and when all was lost he sprang overboard in full armor to escape capture, and was drowned.
	unx1.shsu.edu /~his_ncp/MedScan.html (4503 words)

	History of the Monarchy > The Anglo-Saxon kings > Canute
		Son of Sweyn, Canute became undisputed King of England in 1016, and his rivals (Ethelred's surviving sons and Edmund's son) fled abroad.
		Ruthless but capable, Canute consolidated his position by marrying Ethelred's widow Emma (Canute's first English partner - the Church did not recognise her as his wife - was set aside, later appointed regent of Norway).
		Given that there was no political or governmental unity within his empire, it failed to survive owing to discord between his sons by two different queens - Harold Harefoot (reigned 1035-40) and Harthacnut (reigned 1040-42) - and the factions led by the semi-independent Earls of Northumbria, Mercia and Wessex.
	www.royal.gov.uk /output/Page35.asp (251 words)

	Knut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Knut or Kanute is also a Scandinavian first name, of which the anglicized form is Canute, an anglicized form of Old Norse Knútr meaning "knot", sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud, Norwegian Knut) is the name of several kings of medieval Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century.
		Canute the Great, the 11th Century King England, Denmark and Norway (also known as King Knut)
		Saint Canute IV, king of Denmark and martyr
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Canute (196 words)

	Canute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		He became a strong supporter and a generous donor to the church, and his journey to Rome was inspired by religious as well as diplomatic motives...Neither Canute's illegitimate son Harold, who ruled England until 1040, nor his legitimate son Hardecanute, who succeeded to Denmark in 1035 and to England in 1040, inherited his qualities.
		Canut the Great was technically the king in Norway from 1028, but he left Hakon, Earl of Lade, in charge after the defeat of Olaf II the same year.
		Canute was king of England, Denmark and Norway for a time.
	home.comcast.net /~desilva22/Canute.htm (174 words)

	Holy Spirit Interactive: Catholic Saints - St. Canute
		Canute was a strong, wise king of Denmark.
		Canute was a great athlete, an expert horseman, and a marvelous general.
		Canute tried to be a good king so he could thank Jesus for all the blessings he had received.
	www.holyspiritinteractive.net /dailysaint/january/0119.asp (307 words)

	The Great Dynasties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Each of the territorial subdivisions (Silesia, Great Poland, Mazovia, and Sandomir) was to be held as the hereditary domain of one of Boleslaw's sons.
		1382) the Great, King of Hungary (1342 - 82), was appointed heir to the Polish throne by the nobility and leading clergy of Poland upon the death of Kazimierz II Wielky (1370).
		She was buried at the Great Altar in Wawel Cathedral; her remains were transferred to the white marble sarcophagus designed by Madeyski.
	www.kasprzyk.demon.co.uk /www/GreatDynasties.html (7091 words)

	Canute
		Canute returned with his army in 1015 and although he failed the capture London, he controlled the rest of England.
		Canute defeated Edmund at the battle of Ashington in Essex.
		Canute inherited the throne of Denmark from his brother in 1018.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /MEDcanute.htm (258 words)

	Alexander 17: Only the [Great] Die Young"
		Unexpectedly, though not without signs from the gods, in 323 BCE and at the age of thirty-two, the great Alexander died.
		Cyrus the Great was a Persian king and the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty.
		Canute the Great was King of England, Denmark and Norway.
	ablemedia.com /ctcweb/consortium/alexander17.html (946 words)

	1000 - 1100
		Canute, king of England, marries Emma of Normandy.
		Canute the Great inherits the throne of Denmark, but continues to reside in England.
		William the Conqueror married Matilda of Flanders, a descendant to Alfred the Great.
	www.medievaltymes.com /courtyard/1000_-_1099.htm (1349 words)

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