Cnut IV Dena Cyning

Canute IV ( – 10 July 1086) wæs Dena Cyning fram 1080 oþ 1086. Lofgeorn wæs Cnut and in his rice wolde he trumian þæs cyninges anweald. He fultemode þa Remisc Cirice in his rice, and hæfde crafung for Englalandes cynerice eac.

In 1086 wæs Cnut Cyning ofslean be swicdome.

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Cnut wæs geboren ymbe 1042: he wæs onmang manigum sunu astrynd of Swegn II Estriding ac his modor in uncyþ. He wæs on his fædres fare on Engle in 1069. In 1076 swa leonað we in þæm Cranice:

Þan Swegn Cyning forðferde fang Harold III to rice and Cnut fliede on wræcce in Sweolande. On 17 Eastermonaðe 1080  stearf Harold and Cnut weard Dena Cyning.

Cnut beweddode Æðelic, seo wæs Roðbeartes dohtor, Flæminga Eorl.

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