Cnut the Great

E276285

Scandinavian ruler historical figure king monarch ruler

Cnut the Great was an early 11th-century Scandinavian ruler who became king of England, Denmark, and Norway, forging a powerful North Sea empire.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Cnut the Great canonical	24
King Cnut	3
Canute the Great	2
Cnut	2
Canute	1
King Cnut the Great	1
Knut (Cnut)	1
led to Cnut becoming king of all England	1

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Scandinavian ruler ⓘ historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ monarch ⓘ ruler ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Cnut the Great ⓘ surface form: Canute Cnut the Great ⓘ surface form: Canute the Great Cnut the Great ⓘ surface form: Cnut Knut the Great ⓘ surface form: Knut Knut the Great ⓘ
associatedWith	North Sea Empire ⓘ Viking Age ⓘ
birthDate	circa 990 ⓘ
birthPlace	Denmark ⓘ
burialPlace	Winchester Cathedral ⓘ
child	Gunhilda of Denmark ⓘ Harold Harefoot ⓘ Harthacnut ⓘ Svein Knutsson ⓘ
countryRuled	Denmark ⓘ England ⓘ Norway ⓘ parts of Sweden ⓘ
deathDate	1035 ⓘ
deathPlace	Dorset ⓘ Shaftesbury ⓘ
dynasty	House of Knýtlinga ⓘ
era	early 11th century ⓘ
father	Sweyn Forkbeard ⓘ
givenName	Cnut the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Cnut
house	House of Oldenburg ⓘ surface form: House of Denmark
language	Old English ⓘ Old Norse language ⓘ surface form: Old Norse
legend	story of commanding the tide to stop ⓘ
mother	possibly Sigrid the Haughty ⓘ Świętosława ⓘ
notableEvent	conquest of England in 1016 ⓘ division of England into four earldoms ⓘ marriage to Emma of Normandy in 1017 ⓘ
notableFor	being a powerful early 11th-century Scandinavian monarch ⓘ ruling a North Sea empire ⓘ uniting England, Denmark, and Norway under his rule ⓘ
policy	support of the Church and monastic reform ⓘ use of both Danish and English elites in government ⓘ
predecessor	Edmund Ironside ⓘ Æthelred the Unready ⓘ
reignEnd	1035 (as King of Denmark) ⓘ 1035 (as King of England) ⓘ 1035 (as King of Norway) ⓘ
reignStart	1016 (as King of England) ⓘ 1018 (as King of Denmark) ⓘ 1028 (as King of Norway) ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Emma of Normandy ⓘ Ælfgifu of Northampton ⓘ
successor	Harold Harefoot ⓘ Harthacnut ⓘ
title	King of Denmark ⓘ King of England ⓘ King of Norway ⓘ King of the Danes ⓘ King of the English ⓘ King of Norway ⓘ surface form: King of the Norwegians

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kingdom of Wessex → hasKing → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Danish conquest of England → involvedCommander → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Danish conquest of England → hasKeyFigure → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Christianization of Scandinavia → keyFigure → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canute the Great

Anglo-Saxon England → notableRuler → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Emma of Normandy → spouse → Cnut the Great ⓘ

King of the English → notableHolder → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Edmund Ironside → successor → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Edmund Ironside → opponent → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Olaf II of Norway → successor → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Harthacnut → father → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Harthacnut → predecessorAsKingOfDenmark → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Saint Olaf → successor → Cnut the Great ⓘ

King of Wessex → hasNotableHolder → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Viking invasions of England → commander → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Anglo-Saxon law → associatedWithRuler → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Cnut the Great → givenName → Cnut the Great self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnut

Cnut the Great → alsoKnownAs → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canute the Great

Cnut the Great → alsoKnownAs → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Cnut

Cnut the Great → alsoKnownAs → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Canute

Godwin, Earl of Wessex → employer → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Cnut

Godwin, Earl of Wessex → relativeByMarriage → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Cnut

Gytha Thorkelsdóttir → relative → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Cnut the Great

House of Godwin → governedUnderMonarch → Cnut the Great ⓘ

King of the Danes → hasNotableOfficeHolder → Cnut the Great ⓘ

House of Knýtlinga → notableRuler → Cnut the Great ⓘ

House of Knýtlinga → namedAfter → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knut (Cnut)

House of Knýtlinga → member → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Jelling dynasty → hasMember → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Jelling dynasty → notableRuler → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Sweyn Forkbeard → child → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Battle of Assandun → commander → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Battle of Assandun → opponent → Cnut the Great ⓘ

Battle of Assandun → significance → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: led to Cnut becoming king of all England

Battle of Assandun → primaryOpposingRulers → Cnut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: King Cnut