Knut the Great

E938379

Christian King of Denmark King of England King of Norway human monarch

Knut the Great was an early 11th-century king who ruled a vast North Sea empire encompassing England, Denmark, and Norway.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Knut	3
Knut the Great canonical	2

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Christian ⓘ King of Denmark ⓘ King of England ⓘ King of Norway ⓘ human ⓘ monarch ⓘ
birthDate	c. 995 ⓘ
burialPlace	Old Minster, Winchester, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
child	Gunhilda of Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ Harold Harefoot NERFINISHED ⓘ Harthacnut NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Denmark ⓘ
deathDate	1035 ⓘ
deathPlace	Shaftesbury, Dorset, England NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasty	House of Knýtlinga NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	early 11th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dane NERFINISHED ⓘ
father	Sweyn Forkbeard NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	legend of commanding the tide ⓘ ruling a vast North Sea empire ⓘ
mother	Gunhild of Wenden NERFINISHED ⓘ Świętosława NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Canute the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Cnut the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ Knut the Great NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement	secured recognition from the papacy ⓘ united England, Denmark, and Norway under his rule ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Assandun NERFINISHED ⓘ conquest of England in 1016 ⓘ
notableWork	formation of the North Sea Empire ⓘ
occupation	king ⓘ
predecessor	Edmund Ironside NERFINISHED ⓘ Olaf II of Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ Sweyn Forkbeard (in Denmark) NERFINISHED ⓘ
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	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
spouse	Emma of Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Ælfgifu of Northampton NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor	Harold Harefoot NERFINISHED ⓘ Harthacnut (in Denmark) NERFINISHED ⓘ Magnus the Good (in Norway) NERFINISHED ⓘ
territoryRuled	Denmark NERFINISHED ⓘ England NERFINISHED ⓘ Norway NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of Sweden ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Cnut the Great → alsoKnownAs → Knut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knut

Saga of Magnus the Good → featuresCharacter → Knut the Great ⓘ

Knut Vollebæk → givenName → Knut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knut

Knut Wicksell → givenName → Knut the Great ⓘ

this entity surface form: Knut