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11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England

See also: Knut

"Canute" redirects here. For other uses, see Canute (disambiguation).

Cnut (;^[3]Old Norse: KnútrOld Norse pronunciation:[ˈknuːtr];^[a]c. 990 – 12 November 1035), also known as Canute and with the epithet the Great,^[4][5][6] was King of England from 1016, King of Denmark from 1018, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.^[1] The three kingdoms united under Cnut's rule are referred to together as the North Sea Empire by historians.^[7][8]

As a Danish prince, Cnut won the throne of England in 1016 in the wake of centuries of Viking activity in northwestern Europe.

His later accession to the Danish throne in 1018 brought the crowns of England and Denmark together. Cnut sought to keep this power base by uniting Danes and English under cultural bonds of wealth and custom. After a decade of conflict wit