Canute I, or Canute the Great also appears as Cnut in the Chronicles of
the Anglo-Saxons (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki) (ca. 995 – November 12, 1035) was
a Danish king of England, Denmark, Norway, parts of modern Sweden), as well as
governor or overlord of Schleswig and Pomerania. He was in treaty with the
Holy Roman Emperors Henry II and Conrad II and maintained good relations with
the papacy. He ruled a North Sea empire which saw Danish control at its height.
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard

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