King Cnut 990~1035

Cnut the Great, also known as Canute, whose father was Sweyn Forkbeard, was King of Denmark, England and Norway; together often referred to as the North Sea Empire. Yet after the deaths of his heirs within a decade of his own, and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, this legacy was lost. Wikipedia

Born: 990 AD, Denmark

Died: November 12, 1035, Shaftesbury, United Kingdom

Full name: Canute

Place of burial: Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, United Kingdom, Old Minster, Winchester

Children: Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot, Svein Knutsson, Gunhilda of Denmark

Spouse: Emma of Normandy (m. 1017), Ælfgifu of Northampton

The British Library

#Onthisday 1016, the Scandinavian warrior Cnut became king of all England. Edmund Ironside died this day, which is when Cnut took over the whole of England. Seizing the crowns, fighting wars and making allies: why not discover more about the king that changed England? http://bit.ly/2rfNa4U #BLAngloSaxons

(Image: Queen Emma and King Cnut depicted at the beginning of the New Minster Liber Vitae)