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Knud den Store regerede Danmark, Norge og visse dele af Sverige og England.

Hans Kongerige er undertiden blevet benævnt som Nordsøens imperium eller det Anglo-skandinaviske imperium.

Han blev født circa 985 eller 995 og døde i 1035.

Inden for blot et par årtier efter hans død var det meste af hans arv tabt efter at hans arvinger døde.

Han var stadig Danmarks prins, da han erobrede England i 1016 og vandt tronen.

Sejren fulgtes af hundredvis af år af aktivitet fra vikingerne i europas nordvestlige dele.

Da han steg til tronen i Danmark i 1018, bragte han kongedømmerne Danmark og England sammen.

Han brugte de kulturelle bånd, tradition og rigdom i stedet for brutalitet for at forene de to nationer.

Efter mange år i konflikt med andre beføjelser i hele Skandinavien, tog han Norges krone i 1028.

Han har måske også besat den svenske by Sigtuna omkring dette tidspunkt, eftersom mønter blev slået der indikerer at han var konge.

Men narrative optegnelser fra perioden fortæller dog ikke om hans bedrift i området.

Da Knud døde i 1035, tog hans søn Hardeknud over.

Men Hardeknud og resten af hans sønner døde indenfor 10 år efter hans død.

Knuds eneste kendte datter døde også før hun blev kejserinde i Italien, dermed afsluttes den kongelige arvefølge efter Knud.

Hvis alle af Knuds arvinger ikke var døde 10 år efter hans død, kunne hans union af England og Skandinavien have givet et grundlag for en varig union mellem disse to dele af Europa.

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Cnut the Great, also known as Canute, ruled Denmark, Norway, some parts of Sweden, and England.

His kingdom was sometimes referred to as the North Sea Empire or Anglo-Scandinavian Empire.

He was born around 985 or 995 and died in 1035.

Within just a few decades of his death, his legacy was mostly lost after his heirs died.

He was still Denmark’s prince when he conquered England in 1016, winning the throne there.

His victory followed hundreds of years of Viking activity in Europe’s northwestern parts.

When he ascended to Denmark’s throne in 1018, he brought the kingdoms of Denmark and England together.

He used the cultural bonds of customs and wealth instead of brutality to unite the two nations.

After many years in conflict with other powers throughout Scandinavia, he took Norway’s crown in 1028.

He also may have occupied the Swedish town of Sigtuna around this time, as coins were struck which indicated that he was king.

However, narrative records from the period do not tell of his holding of the area.

When Cnut died in 1035, his son Harthacnut succeeded him.

However, Harthacnut and the rest of his sons died within 10 years of his death.

Cnut’s only known daughter also died before she became an empress in Italy, effectively cutting Cnut’s royal line of succession off.

If all of Cnut’s heirs had not died within 10 years of his death, then his union of England and Scandinavia could have provided a foundation for a lasting union between these two parts of Europe.

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Svend Tveskæg regerede Danmark, England og nogle dele af Norge.

Han var søn af kong Harald Blåtand og far til Knud den Store.

Omkring år 980 førte han et oprør mod sin far og tog den Danske trone med magt hvorpå han sendte sin far i eksil.

Harald døde ikke længe efter at have tabt slaget mod Svend Tveskæg i ca. år 986 eller 987.

Svend blev konge af det meste af Norge i 1000 efter en troskab med Erik Linnemann.

Ikke længe før han døde i 1013, blev han Englands første danske konge efter mange års krig.

Detaljer om Svends liv bliver ofte anfægtet blandt videnskabsmænd og historikere.

Mange forskellige historiske kilder har modstridende fakta omkring hans liv, så historikere er nød til at give deres egne fortolkninger af disse kilder, mens de kigger på dem alle samlet.

En af de historiske kilder er krønikerne af John af Wallingford.

Disse historier indikerer, at Svend deltog i togter mod England i flere perioder mellem år 1002 og 1012.

Kilden skriver, at han var ude for hævne en massakre på danske indbyggere der var sket i England på St. Brice's Dag i 1002.

Historikere klassificere ofte denne massakre som værende den etniske udrensning, der blev udført af Æthelred den Rådvilde.

Svend kan have været personligt påvirket af disse grusomheder, da man mener, at hans søster Gunhilde kan have været et af ofrene.

Andre hævder, at han kan have deltaget i togter, fordi han var fattig efter at være blevet tvunget til at betale en løsesum.

Efter mange års kampe i England, besejrede Svend London og blev erklæret Englands konge på juledag i 1013.

Han regerede England i blot fem uger før hans død.

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Sweyn Forkbeard and ruled Denmark, England, and some parts of Norway.

He was the son of King Harald Bluetooth and the father of Cnut the Great.

Around the year 980, he led a revolt against his father and forcibly took the throne of Denmark, driving his father into exile.

Harald died not long after losing the battle with Sweyn around 986 or 987.

Sweyn became king of most of Norway in 1000 after an allegiance with Eric of Lade.

Not long before dying in 1013, he became England's first Danish king after many years of war.

The details about Sweyn's life are often contested among scholars and historians.

Many different historical sources provide contradictory accounts of his life, so historians must provide their own interpretations of these sources while looking at all of them together.

One of the historical sources is the chronicles of John of Wallingford.

Those records indicate that Sweyn took part in raids on England during several periods between the years of 1002 and 1012.

The source states that he was avenging the massacre of Danish inhabitants of England on St. Brice's Day in 1002.

Historians generally classify the massacre as being the ethnic cleansing carried out by Ethelred the Unready.

Sweyn may have been personally impacted by the atrocities because it's believed his sister Gunhilde may have been one of the victims.

Others argue that he may have participated in the raids because he was impoverished after being forced to pay a ransom.

After many years of fighting in England, Sweyn defeated London and was declared England's king on Christmas Day in 1013.

He ruled England for just five weeks before his death.

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