Canute the Great
Canute II, or Canute the Great, in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicles also known as Cnut (
Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki,
Norwegian: Knut den mektige,
Swedish: Knut den store,
Danish: Knud den Store) (c. 995 –
November 12, 1035) was a
Viking king of
England,
Denmark,
Norway, some of
Sweden (such as the
Sigtuna Swedes), as well as overlord of
Pomerania, and the
Mark of
Schleswig. He had treaties with the
Holy Roman Emperors, the German kings,
Henry II and
Conrad II, suzerain
vassals of Rome's
pontificate, and dealt with the
papacy himself. His reign, almost two decades long, was over a northern empire spread across
Scandinavia and the
British Isles and saw the Danish
sovereignty at its height.
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Canute the Great
Noun
1. king of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
(synonym) Canute, Cnut, Knut
(hypernym) King of England, King of Great Britain
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