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Biography of Canute I, the Great
Name: Canute I, the Great
Birth Date: c. 995
Death Date: November 12, 1035
Place of Birth: N/A
Nationality: Danish
Gender: Male
Occupations: king
Canute I, the Great
Canute I (ca. 995-1035) was a viking king who united the English and Danish people of England to become the first ruler since the fall of Rome to rule over all of England.Contributed by E. Lanier Clark, Assistant Professor of History, Albany State College, Albany, GeorgiaName variations: Translations of Viking runes phonetically indicate that Knut is proper, but the Anglicized versions--Cnut, Canute--are more popular. Pronounced: Ke-NOOT. Born Canute Sweynson between 995 and 998; died at Shaftesbury on November 12, 1035; son of Sweyn Haraldson (king of Denmark) and Gunhild (a Polish princess and sister to Duke, later King, Boleslav Chrobry); married: Aelfgifu of Aelfhelm; married: Emma (widow of the English king Ethelred), 1017; children: (first marriage) Harald Harefoot and Sweyn; (second marriage) Harthacanute and Gunhild. Predecessor: Ethelred the Unready in England, Harald Sweynson in Denmark, and Olaf Haraldson in Norway. Successors: son Harald Harefoot in England and Denmark.The life of Canute Sweynson (…showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…his son Ferdinand IThe times:330-1453: Byzantine Empire378-1000: Early Medieval Europe428-1100: Old English Period (English Literature)787-1066: Age of the Viking Raids1000-1450: Middle AgesCanute's contemporaries:Brian Boru (926-1014) Irish kingErik the Red (950-1000) Norwegian navigatorLeif Eriksson (975-?) Icelandic navigatorLady Godiva (1010-1067) English social reformerWilliam I, the Conqueror (1027-1087) Norman kingSelected world events:1000: Chinese used gunpowder in war1000: Leif Eriksson discovered Western Hemisphere1013: Danes conquered England Further Reading The main source of facts about Canute is The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, edited and translated by G.N. Garmonsway (1953). For analyses of Canute's character, policies, and achievements see F.M. Stenton, Anglo-Saxon England (1943; 2d ed. 1947), and C.N.L. Brooke, The Saxon and Norman Kings (1963).Larson, Laurence Marcellus. Canute the Great, c. 995-1035, and the Rise of Danish Imperialism During the Viking Age.Putnam, 1912.Loyn, H. R. The Vikings in Britain. St. Martin's Press, 1977.Brooke, Christopher. From Alfred to Henry III, 871-1272. Norton, 1961.Garmonsway, G. N. Canute and His Empire. University College Press, 1964.
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