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Cnut (/ k ə ˈ nj uː t /; [3] Old Norse: Knútr Old Norse pronunciation:; [a] c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great, [4] [5] [6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035. [1]
Cnut's Invasion of Norway or Cnut's Conquest of Norway (Danish: Knuds invasion af Norge), was an invasion and subjugation of the Kingdom of Norway by the king of Denmark and England, Canute the Great between 1028 and 1029. The invasion was a success and did not encounter much resistance.
Immediately after his return from Rome, Cnut led an army into Scotland and made vassals of Malcolm, the high king of Scotland, and two other kings, [30] one of whom, Echmarcach mac Ragnaill, was a sea-king whose lands included Galloway and the Isle of Man and would become king of Dublin in 1036.
The Runestone of Galteland (N 184) is a runestone from the beginning of the 11th century CE, coming from Evje in the commune of Evje og Hornnes in southern Norway. Its name refers to the Galteland garden, where it was located for some time. [1] It commemorates the expedition of the Danish king Canute the Great to England in 1015–16. [2]
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Svein Knutsson (Old Norse: Sveinn Knútsson [ˈswɛinː ˈknuːtsˌson]; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman.
It has also been called the House of Canute, the House of Denmark, the House of Gorm, or the Jelling dynasty. Under Harald Bluetooth's rule, he is said on a Jelling rune stone to have unified the territory that comprises modern-day Denmark under his rule, as well as Norway. [ 1 ]
Political power or office often gives those who possess it the illusion that they control events. That, after all, is the reason why the story of King Canute retains, and will always retain, its relevance to the current political situation. [6] Warren Burger, the Chief Justice of the United States, mentions Canute in the 1980 decision Diamond v.