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Canute or Knud Valdemarsen (1207 – 1260) was an illegitimate son of King Valdemar II of Denmark, who became Duke of Revelia, Blekinge and Lolland. Canute was the son of the king by his mistress, Helena Guttormsdotter, widow of Danish nobleman Esbern Snare and daughter of Guttorm, Riksjarl of Sweden.
Fantasy sculpture representing Duke Canute in Halland's capital of Halmstad. Canute Porse the Elder or Knud/Knut Porse (died 30 May 1330) was a medieval Danish nobleman and Duke of Samsø, Duke of Halland, Duke of Estonia, and Count of Kalundborg. Biography
When Bishop Valdemar was named archbishop of Bremen in 1192, his plot to overthrow King Canute VI of Denmark (elder brother of Duke Valdemar) with the help of the German nobility and place himself on Denmark's throne, was revealed.
22 giu 2015 · Canute had great respect for the old English laws, to which he brought a keen sense of justice and a regard for individual rights. As part of his promotion of himself as an ‘English’ king, he did penance for the wrongdoings of his Viking forefathers, building churches and making many generous gifts to others.
Son of Sweyn, Canute (or Cnut) became undisputed King of England in 1016, and his rivals (Ethelred's surviving sons and Edmund's son) fled abroad. In 1018, the last Danegeld of 82,500 pounds was paid to Canute.
Duke of Estonia. Knut Knud Valdemarsson aka Valdemarsen (est. 1205 - uncertain 15 Oct 1260)
23 feb 2016 · Canute was able to build a vast empire through invasion and luck. Although Canute himself had no claim to any throne in his youth, his elder brother, Harald, was crown prince of Denmark, heir to their father Sweyn Forkbeard, who had also taken the English crown shortly before his death.
