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Canute (sometimes Cnut; Danish Knud) is the name of several kings of Denmark, two of whom reigned also over England during the first half of the 11th century.

Canute the Great (994/995-1035) was king of England, Denmark and Norway;
His son, Harthacanute (1018/1019-June 8, 1042), inherited the throne;
Also refer to List of Danish monarchs, List of Monarchs of England, and List of Norwegian monarchs.

See also:

Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952) was a leading Norwegian author.
Knud Rasmussen (1879 - 1933) was a Greenlandic polar explorer and anthropologist.
Knute Rockne (1888 - 1931) was a American football player and coach.
Canute, Oklahoma, United States

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King Cnut: Emperor of the North (2410 words)
	Cnut was in charge of the Danish army at Gainsborough, north of Lincoln, when Svein died suddenly on February 3, 1013.
	Cnut was still young when he became king of England, but he had either been well trained in statesmanship, or more likely, he listened to the advice of his more experienced counsellors.
	In 1026 Cnut was in Denmark again to face a threat from an alliance between King Onund-Jakob of Sweden and King Olaf Haraldsson of Norway.

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