North Sea Empire

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The North Sea Empire was a short-lived 11th-century union of the kingdoms of Denmark, England, and Norway under a single monarch, most notably Cnut the Great.

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Label Occurrences
North Sea Empire canonical 3

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical polity
medieval empire
personal union
capital Lejre NERFINISHED
Roskilde NERFINISHED
Winchester NERFINISHED
continent Europe
coreTerritory Denmark NERFINISHED
England NERFINISHED
Norway NERFINISHED
country Denmark
England
Norway
currency silver penny
endTime 1042
era High Middle Ages
expandedBy Cnut the Great NERFINISHED
followed Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England (Anglo-Saxon) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED
followedBy Kingdom of Denmark NERFINISHED
Kingdom of England (House of Wessex restoration) NERFINISHED
Kingdom of Norway NERFINISHED
foundedBy Sweyn Forkbeard NERFINISHED
governmentType monarchy
historicalPeriod 11th century
includedTerritory England NERFINISHED
Jutland NERFINISHED
Norway NERFINISHED
Scania NERFINISHED
parts of Sweden
language Old English
Old Norse NERFINISHED
monarch Cnut the Great NERFINISHED
Harold Harefoot NERFINISHED
Harthacnut NERFINISHED
namedAfter North Sea NERFINISHED
notableRuler Cnut the Great NERFINISHED
Harold Harefoot NERFINISHED
Harthacnut NERFINISHED
partOf Viking Age NERFINISHED
politicalStructure union of crowns
region North Sea basin NERFINISHED
religion Christianity
shortLived true
startTime 1013
1014
1016

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Harthacnut politicalContext North Sea Empire
Cnut the Great associatedWith North Sea Empire
House of Knýtlinga politicalInfluence North Sea Empire