{"slug": "cnut-the-great", "label": "Cnut the Great", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut_the_Great", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 9, "years": 8, "span": [995, 1035], "span_label": ["995 CE", "1035 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 6}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-northumbria", "label": "Kingdom of Northumbria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweyn-forkbeard", "label": "Sweyn Forkbeard", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "conrad-ii-holy-roman-emperor", "label": "Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 995, "year_label": "995 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Cnut (the Great), king of Denmark, Norway and England (d. 1035)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360634539#Births", "title": "995", "revid": 1360634539, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1013, "year_label": "1013 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Danish Viking raiders led by Sweyn Forkbeard (accompanied by his son Cnut) sail from Denmark to attack England. Again London defends itself and the Vikings move elsewhere, plundering Wessex, Mercia and Northumbria. King Æthelred the Unready sends his sons Edward and Alfred to Normandy. Æthelred retreats to the Isle of Wight and follows them later into exile.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212600#England", "title": "1013", "revid": 1342212600, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1014, "year_label": "1014 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 3", "text": "February 3 – King Sweyn Forkbeard dies at Gainsborough after a reign of five weeks. He is succeeded by Harald II who becomes king of Denmark, while Cnut is elected by the Vikings of the Danelaw as king of England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212610#England", "title": "1014", "revid": 1342212610, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1015, "year_label": "1015 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – King Cnut the Great of Denmark launches an invasion of Mercia and Northumbria in England.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365259982#Europe", "title": "1015", "revid": 1365259982, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1016, "year_label": "1016 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Summer – Battle of Brentford (near London): Edmund Ironside defeats the Danes under King Cnut.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365261531#Europe", "title": "1016", "revid": 1365261531, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1027, "year_label": "1027 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "March 26", "text": "March 26 – Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II (\"the Elder\") and his wife Gisela of Swabia as Holy Roman Emperor and Empress, respectively, in Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. Cnut the Great, King of Denmark and England, attends the coronation, proving his position as sole ruler of the Danish North Sea Empire.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342215196#Europe", "title": "1027", "revid": 1342215196, "section": "Events › By Place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1028, "year_label": "1028 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Cnut the Great sails from England to Norway with a fleet of 50 ships. He defeats Olaf Haraldsson and is crowned king of Norway. Cnut becomes the sole ruler of England, Denmark and part of Sweden (known as the Danish North Sea Empire).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363299472#England", "title": "1028", "revid": 1363299472, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1035, "year_label": "1035 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – King Cnut the Great dies at Shaftesbury, leaving the rule of England in dispute between his sons Harthacnut and Harold Harefoot. The earls of Northumbria and Mercia support Harold's claim, while Godwin (Earl of Wessex) supports Harthacnut. Harold is elected as regent (or joint ruler) of England. Cnut is buried in the Old Minster, in Winchester.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362167727#England", "title": "1035", "revid": 1362167727, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1035, "year_label": "1035 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 12", "text": "November 12 – Cnut, king of Denmark, Norway and England", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362167727#Deaths", "title": "1035", "revid": 1362167727, "section": "Deaths"}}]}