Canute V of Denmark (Knud V Magnusson) 11XX - August 9, 1157, Danish king, co-regent with Sweyn III and Valdemar I between 1146 and 1157. August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... Events Births September 8 - King Richard I of England (died 1199) Leopold V of Austria (died 1194) Hojo Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (died 1225) Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (born 1105) Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria Sweyn III of Denmark Yury... Sven III Grathe (11XX - 1157) was the king of Denmark between 1146 and 1157. ... Valdemar I the Great (1131-1182) was King of Denmark from 1157 until 1182 He was the son of Canute Lavard, a chivalrous and popular Danish prince. ... Events Saint Bernard of Clairvaux preaches the Second Crusade at Vezelay, Burgundy First written mention of Bryansk. ... Events Births September 8 - King Richard I of England (died 1199) Leopold V of Austria (died 1194) Hojo Masako, wife of Minamoto no Yoritomo (died 1225) Deaths August 21 - Alfonso VII, king of Castile (born 1105) Agnes of Babenberg, daughter of Leopold III of Austria Sweyn III of Denmark Yury...
He was the son of King Niels' son Magnus, who had slain Canute Lavard. After the abdication of Eric III the magnates of Jutland declared him king and for the next years he in vain tried to defeat his rival Sweyn III on Zealand. 1151 he was expelled from Denmark and his request for help from the Emperor only resulted in a compromise which made him the inferior co-ruler of Sweyn. Niels of Denmark (born circa 1064 - died 1134), was king of Denmark following his brother Eric I. He was presumably the youngest son of king Sweyn Estridson and married Margaret, princess of Sweden, with whom he had prince Magnus. ... Magnus can mean: Kings of Norway (1035-1343) Magnus I of Norway Magnus II of Norway Magnus III of Norway Magnus IV of Norway Magnus V of Norway Magnus VI of Norway Magnus VII of Norway (also Magnus II of Sweden) Kings of Sweden (1240-1363) Magnus I of Sweden...
However a secret co-operation with Valdemar, the son of his father's old enemy, led to an alliance which 1154 made them sole rulers of the kingdom while Sweyn had to fly. After a new war a final compromise 1157 made Canute the ruler of Zealand but during the peace banquet (the Bloodfeast of Roskilde) he was killed allegedly by one of Sweyn's warriors. Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) is the largest island of Denmark. ...
Nothing sure is known about his person and character. His sister Sophia married Valdemar I who revenged him the same year at Grathe Heath. In Gnostic tradition, the term Sophia (< Σoφíα, Greek for wisdom) has an esoteric meaning. ...
Among the universities in Denmark are Ålborg University (1974), Århus University (1928), the University of Copenhagen, the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (1856), and the Technical University of Denmark (1829), all in Copenhagen; Odense University (1964); and Roskilde University (1972).
Denmark heavily exploits its known natural resources, the most valuable of which are the natural gas and petroleum reserves discovered in Denmark’s sector of the North Sea in the mid-1960s; mining of the reserves began in the early 1970s.
Denmark was badly defeated and lost several of its Baltic islands and all of its territory on the Scandinavian Peninsula except Norway.
Denmark’s main exports are agricultural and industrial machinery, teak and oak furniture, meat, fish, and metals and metal manufactures; the chief imports are machinery, metals, motor vehicles, and fuels.
Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 1588–1648) in the Thirty Years War (1618–48) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 1648–70) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden.
Denmark was defeated and agreed in the London Protocol of 1852 to preserve a special status for the two duchies.
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