Who is King Canute?

King Canute died on November 12 1035, at Shaftesbury in Dorset, and was buried at Winchester :)

In 1017 Canute married Aethelred's widow Emma

The spelling Canute is a given name, form of Knute (also Cnut, king of Denmark).

A viking king who invaded England for the throne

king cnut died in a war

King Canute could not stop the waves or the incoming tide.

King Canute was famous for the lesson that he learnt from the natural waves of the ocean. He learnt a lesson that no other power is greater than that power of the almighty

King Canute.

Harald - son of king canute Sue

We tried to defend his country.

King Canute (Danish: Knud) became King of Denmark, Norway and England. In 1016AD he conquered most of England after successfully forcing King Æthelræd II (aka. Ethelred the Unready) in to exile in Normandy. After Æthelræd's brother and successor King Edmund Ironside died, Canute ruled all of England. There is a myth that Canute is famous for where one day he decided to demonstrate to sycophantic courtiers the limits of his powers by placing his throne…

King Canute the Great was king of Denmark, Norway and England.

he wasnt. he was related to the previous king (king Canute)

King Canute is reputed to have commanded the sea to retreat.

Knut (Canute).

== == William Makepeace Thackeray has very tactfully used proper adjectives ,nouns ,adverbs verbs,conjunctions in his poem -King Canute

The answer is king canute. From King Canute on the Seashore by: James Baldwin, The Book of Virtues a verse form the story :"Very well. Sea," cried Canute, "I command you to come no further! Waves, stop your rolling!. Surf, stop your pounding! Do not dare touch my feet!": add. But we should note that it was not a belief of Canute that the sea would retreat - rather it was the fulsome flattery of…

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He was the true heir to a previous King, called Canute(1016-1035).

England was ruled by King Harold. England was invaded by King William (the Conqueror) & King Canute of Denmark. Harold defeated Canute at the battle of Stamford Bridge, then hearing of William's landing in the south, marched to Hastings where he in turn was defeated (and killed by an arrow in the eye). Hence 3 kings.

There was no Britain in 1020. The King of England (basically Wessex) was the Danish King Canute, who had defeated Ethelred the Unready.

king canute speaks of an arrogant king who learns a lesson from nature. the constant flattery of his courtiers encourages him to think himselaf as a god. the stuuborn waves coming back rejecting his command of receding shows us that power is not everything and we should always respect the almighty who has created us. for more, consult sparknotes

I think you mean King Canute. He was a Viking king in England at a time when England was divided into several kingdoms, generally reflecting groups connected with a series of invasions. Canute lived about 1000 years ago. He is famous in part because of various legends, especially one about his attempt to rule the sea. Complete nonsense, of course.

leif ericsson, Erik the red, king canute, etc. that's all i know!

King Canute battled against Edmund Ironside, just as both their fathers did before. They came to an agreement, The Treaty of Olney which gave Edmund rule over southern parts of the country and Canute rule over Danelaw and the English Midlands. However, because Edmund died soon thereafter, Canute became ruler over the whole country, the first to do so successfully. He was also ruler over Viking homelands and therefore kept England safe from attacks for…

Canute Caliste died in 2005.

Canute Caliste was born in 1914.

Canute The Great was born in Denmark

Canute Peterson was born in 1824.

Canute Peterson died in 1902.

Canute Lavard was born in 1096.

real glory belongs to god and not to humans

Canute II of Sweden died in 1234.

Canute IV of Denmark was born in 1042.

Canute V of Denmark was born in 1129.

Canute V of Denmark died in 1157.

Canute Curtis was born on 1974-08-04.

Canute Lavard died on 1131-01-07.

Canute VI of Denmark was born in 1163.

Canute VI of Denmark died in 1202.

The story that this saying comes from is not a fable but a historical incident. It involved King Canute of Denmark who was also King of (most of) England at the time of his reign.

Canute R. Matson died in 1903.

Canute R. Matson was born in 1843.

The English Nobles who refused to accept Canute as King. Also, his Courtiers who flattered him into believing that he could stop the incoming tide.

Canute IV of Denmark died on 1086-07-10.

No: His advisors said he was so mighty that he could command the waves, on putting the theory to the test their sycophancy was shown for what it was !

1st, 2nd, and with special emphasis on 3rd person speech.

No. Canute, a Viking, was the probably the first foreigner to rule the whole of England and he ruled from 1016-1035.

Harald claimed that he had a right to the English throne. He was related to King Canute, the King of England from 1016-1032. Harald said this gave him every right to invade England.

Judith Canute has written: 'Eros and Anteros' -- subject(s): Accessible book