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Cnut the Great, also known as Canute, was the son of Denmark’s King Svein Forkbeard and helped his father to conquer England in the year 1013. After Svein’s death, the exiled Anglo-Saxon king, Ethelred the Unready, returned to power, but died in 1016 and was succeeded by his son Edmund Ironside, who signed a treaty that gave Cnut power over part of England after being defeated at the Battle of Ashingdon later that year (1016). However, Edmund died a few weeks later and all of England came under Cnut’s rule. His reign brought stability after years of raids and battles. Eventually, Denmark, Norway, and possibly parts of Sweden also came to be under his rule, forming a vast empire that is often referred to as the Anglo-Scandinavian or North Sea Empire. His son Harold Harefoot became king when Cnut died in 1035, and served until his death in 1040. Cnut’s other son, Harthacnut, then ascended to the throne; his death in 1042 marked the end of Danish rule in England. King Cnut’s most famous quote goes as follows: “Let all men know how empty and powerless is the power of kings. For there is none worthy of the name but God, whom heaven, earth, and sea obey.”
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