Canute II The Great Sveynsson, King of England^[1]

Abt 995 - 1035  (~ 40 years)

• Name	Canute II The Great Sveynsson
  Suffix	King of England
  Birth	Abt 995	Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	30 Nov 1016
  Death	12 Nov 1035	Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
  Burial	Winchester Cathedral, Winchester, England
  Notes	Acceded: 30 NOV 1016 Reigned 1016-1035, also king of Denmark and Norway Danish King of England after defeating Edmund Ironside (1016). He became King of Denmark (1019) and Norway (1028). He defended England from Viking attacks (1017, 1026, 1028) and subjected Malcolm II of Scotland (1028). He went on pilgrimage to Rome in 1027 to attend the coronation of the Emporor Conrad II. According to Legend, he proved to flatterers the limits of his powers by demonstrating his inabiliy to indice the waves to recede. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01548
  Person ID	I4836	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Father	Sveyn I Forkbeard Haraldsson, King of Denmark,   b. Abt 960, Denmark d. 2 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincoln, England (Age ~ 54 years)
  Mother	Gunhilda of Poland   d. Abt 1015
  Marriage	Abt 990
  Divorce	1000
  Family ID	F2620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	AElfgiva of Northampton,   b. Abt 996   d. Abt 1044 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Marriage	Type: Associated with
  _STAT	Associated with
  Children	1. Sweyn of Norway Alfivason, King of Norway,   b. Abt 1015   d. 1036 (Age ~ 21 years)   2. Harold I Harefoot, King of England,   b. Abt 1015, Northampton, England d. 17 Mar 1040, Oxford, England (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F3353	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Emma of Normandy, Queen of England,   b. Abt 986, Normandy, France d. 14 Mar 1052, Winchester, England (Age ~ 66 years)
  Marriage	2 Jul 1017
  Children	1. Hardicanute of Denmark Cnutsson, King of England,   b. 1018   d. 8 Jun 1042, Lambeth, Surrey, England (Age 24 years)   2. Gunhilda of Denmark,   b. Abt 1020   d. 18 Jul 1038, Adriatic Coast (Age ~ 18 years)   3. Daughter   d. Young
  Family ID	F1441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).