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Cnut also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, was King of England from , King of Denmark from , and King of Norway from until his.
Cnut
11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England
See also: Knut
"Canute" redirects here. For other uses, see Canute (disambiguation).
Cnut (;[3]Old Norse: KnútrOld Norse pronunciation:[ˈknuːtr];[a]c.&#; – 12 November ), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great,[4][5][6] was King of England from , King of Denmark from , and King of Norway from until his death in [1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire by historians.[7][8]
As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe.
His later accession to the Danish throne in brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut sought to keep this power base by uniting Danes and English under cultural bonds of wealth and custom. After a decade of conflict with opponents in Scandinavia, Cnut claime
