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Cnut II and I (Danish: Knud II; 25 May 994 — 12 November 1035) nicknamed the Great (Danish: den Store) was the King of Denmark as Cnut II from 1018, King of England as Cnut I from 1016, and King of Norway from 1028 until his death in 1035.
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Cnut was considered one of Europe's most powerful rulers during his time. He ruled over England, Denmark, Norway, and a part of Sweden on which are called the North Sea Empire.
Conquest of England
[change | change source]In the summer of 1015, Canute's fleet set sail for England with a Danish army of perhaps 10,000 in 200 longships.[1] Cnut was at the head of an array of Vikings from all over Scandinavia.
The invasion force was to be in often close and grisly warfare with the English for the next fourteen months.
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Practically all of the battles were fought against Aethelred's son, Edmund Ironside.
After ascending the throne in 1016, Canute executed many of Edmund's followers, to make his crown safe.