King of Denmark and Norway who forced Edmund II to divide England with him; on the death of Edmund II, Canute became king of all England (994-1035)
1He has taken money from King Canute the Great for thy head.
2Ulf was married to Astrid, King Svein's daughter, and sister of Canute the Great.
3Ottar Svarte tells thus of it in the poem he composed upon King Canute the Great:-
4A great king was Canute , well deserving the title long given him of Canute the Great.
5Of this foray Sigvat the skald speaks, in a ballad he composed concerning King Canute the Great:-
6During this time Canute the Great, called by some Canute the Old, was king of England and Denmark.
7But Bruse died in the days of Canute the Great, a short time after the fall of Saint Olaf.
8Beginning with King Gorm the Old and Canute the Great, it comprises all periods up to the last century.
9He was now with King Canute the Great, and had composed a flock, or short poem, in his praise.
10His son, Canute the Great, had to contend with a rival more worthy of him, (Edmund Ironside.)
11FIELD, MICHAEL: Canute the Great
12In the same autumn King Canute the Great died in England, the 13th November, forty years old, and was buried at Winchester.
13In autumn King Canute the Great came to Denmark, and remained there all winter (A.D. 1026) with a numerous army.
14King Svein, the son of Canute the Great, ruled over Norway for some years; but was a child both in age and understanding.
15And after him my stepfather, Canute the Great, took the kingdom, and as long as he lived there was no access to it.
16His " Canute the Great rebuking his Courtiers" would have been a fine picture had he contented himself with the real subject-thesea.