Cnut
Canute and Ælfgifu cropped (Canute).jpg
Contemporary portrait of King Cnut
from the New MinsterLiber Vitae, 1031
King of England
Reign1016–1035
Coronation1017 in London
PredecessorEdmund II
SuccessorHarold I
King of Denmark
Reign1018–1035
PredecessorHarald II
SuccessorHarthacnut
King of Norway
Reign1028–1035
PredecessorSt Olaf II
SuccessorMagnus the Good
Co-KingSvein Knutsson
Bornc. 990 Denmark
Died12 November 1035 (aged around 45)
Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
Burial
Old Minster, Winchester, England. Bones now in Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
Spouse
  • Ælfgifu of Northampton
  • Emma of Normandy
Issue
  • Svein Knutsson
  • Harold Harefoot
  • Harthacnut
  • Gunhilda, Queen of the Germans
HouseJelling
FatherSweyn Forkbeard