{"slug": "cnut", "label": "Cnut", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q134128", "qid": "Q134128", "description": "11th-century King of Denmark, Norway, and England", "entries": 14, "years": 13, "span": [995, 1035], "span_label": ["995 CE", "1035 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 3}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 2}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Canute the Great", "Cnut the Great"], "related": [{"slug": "kingdom-of-england", "label": "Kingdom of England", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 7}, {"slug": "norway", "label": "Norway", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "northumbria", "label": "Northumbria", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "mercia", "label": "Mercia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "vikings", "label": "Vikings", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "wessex", "label": "Wessex", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thelred-the-unready", "label": "Æthelred the Unready", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "swein-forkbeard", "label": "Swein Forkbeard", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "sweden", "label": "Sweden", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "rome", "label": "Rome", "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": 1017, "year_label": "1017 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Cnut (\"the Great\") is crowned king of England. In July he marries Emma of Normandy, the widow of Æthelred the Unready, securing his ties with Normandy.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212758#England", "title": "1017", "revid": 1342212758, "section": "Events › England"}}, {"year": 1018, "year_label": "1018 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "Cnut (\"the Great\"), King of England, travels to Denmark to succeed his brother Harald II on the Danish throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367470608#Europe", "title": "1018", "revid": 1367470608, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1020, "year_label": "1020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Canute the Great codifies the laws of England (approximate date).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212963#Events", "title": "1020", "revid": 1342212963, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1023, "year_label": "1023 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "June 15", "text": "June 15 – (17th day before the kalends of July) The body of the late Ælfheah of Canterbury, the former Archbishop of Canterbury who will later be canonized as a Roman Catholic saint and a martyr of the church, is reburied at Canterbury Cathedral on orders of England's King Canute, after being moved from St. Paul's Cathedral in London on June 12 (the 3rd day before the ides of June). King Canute, whose Danish troops had murdered Archbishop Ælfheah on April 19, 1012, during Canute's invasion of England, has ordered the reburial as an atonement for Ælfheah's death.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342213204#April–June", "title": "1023", "revid": 1342213204, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1026, "year_label": "1026 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Helgeå (off the coast of Sweden): Naval forces of King Cnut's North Sea Empire defeat the combined Swedish and Norwegian royal fleets.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365590752#Europe", "title": "1026", "revid": 1365590752, "section": "Events › Asia › 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"}}]}