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Hardly anything is known for sure of Cnut's life until the year he was part of a Scandinavian force under his father, King Sweyn, in his invasion of England in summer 1013. Cnut was likely part of his father's 1003 and 1004 campaigns in England, although the evidence is not firm. [24]
He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great, and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter. [2] In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized the throne. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987. [4]
In the autumn of 1016, the Danish prince Cnut the Great (Canute), supported by Eiríkr Hákonarson, [3] and Thorkell the Tall successfully invaded England. Cnut's father, Sweyn Forkbeard, had previously conquered and briefly ruled England for less than five weeks.
Edmund and his elder brother Aethelstan did not follow their father in exile. Sweyn died unexpectedly in February of 1014, and Æthelred was able to quickly reclaim the throne, driving out Sweyn's son Cnut, whom the Danes elected king. Aethelstan had died by June of 1014, making Edmund heir apparent.
Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. His younger brother Valdemar was born in 1170. On 25 June 1170, at age 7, Canute was proclaimed and crowned co-king of Denmark with his father. Canute was crowned in the first coronation in Danish history by Archbishop Eskil of Lund at Ringsted. [4]
Cnut's father and grandfather, Sweyn Forkbeard and Harald Gormsson, had previously had control in parts of Norway, particularly the area around Oslofjord. [1] Additionally, circumstantial evidence supports that Sweyn Forkbeard held some form of overlordship over the Swedish king, Olaf Skötkonung.
Canute is introduced in Vinland Saga as the 17-year-old prince of the Danes. He is initially portrayed as timid and womanly, and he is unable to function without his retainer, Ragnar. The Vikings led by Askeladd finds employment as mercenaries under Canute's father King Sweyn as his son was kidnapped by the mercenary Thorkell the Tall.
Sweyn is Canute's father and the Danish king at the beginning of the series. Eventually revealed to be the main antagonist of the War Arc, he managed to conquer almost the entirety of England and Denmark, all the while keeping control of his more northern kingdoms.