Canute VI

king of Denmark
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Born:
1163, Denmark
Died:
Nov. 12, 1202, Denmark (aged 39)
Title / Office:
king (1182-1202), Denmark

Canute VI (born 1163, Denmark—died Nov. 12, 1202, Denmark) was the king of Denmark (coregent, 1170–82; king, 1182–1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire and extended its dominion along the southern Baltic coast to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and Holstein. Canute’s role in the Danish expansion was overshadowed by that of his more active brother Valdemar, duke of Schleswig (later king as Valdemar II), and of the Danish archbishop Absalon. The son of the Danish king Valdemar I, Canute was anointed as coregent with his father in 1170, beginning the hereditary reign of the Valdemar dynasty. He succeeded ...(100 of 238 words)