Canute, King of England, Denmark, and Norway

- 1035

• Name	Canute
  Suffix	King of England, Denmark, and Norway
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Nov 1035	Shaftesbury, Dorset, England   [1]
  Burial	Old Minster, Winchester, England   [1]
  Person ID	I2176	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LD
  Last Modified	6 Jan 2018

  
  

  Father	Swein Forkbeard, King of England and Denmark,   b. Abt 960   d. 3 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England (Age ~ 54 years)
  Family ID	F1219	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Emma of Normandy, Queen Consort of England; Queen Consort of Denmark and Norway
  Children	1. Gunhilda of Denmark,   b. Abt 1020   d. 18 Jul 1038 (Age ~ 18 years)
  Family ID	F1204	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2017

  
  

  Family 2	Ælfgifu of Northampton, Queen Consort of England,   b. Abt 990   d. Aft 1036 (Age ~ 47 years)
  Children	1. Svein Knutsson, King of Norway,   b. Abt 1016   d. 1035 (Age ~ 19 years)   2. Harold Harefoot, King of England,   b. Abt 1016   d. 17 Mar 1040, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England (Age ~ 24 years)
  Family ID	F1416	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  Probably more correctly spelled Cnut. "Cnut died at Shaftesbury on 12 November 1035 and was buried in the Old Minster, Winchester, perhaps near the relics of St Swithun. His bones, together with those of other pre-conquest monarchs, were later transferred into the new cathedral built by the Normans, and in 1642 were removed from the chest in which they lay and scattered by parliamentarian troops. In 1661 they are said to have been placed in two new receptacles, which are among the six mortuary chests still to be seen in the cathedral. However, it is hardly surprising that examination of all the chests has shown their contents to be thoroughly jumbled: there is now no way of knowing whether Cnut's bones survive in Winchester, and if so which they are." [Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]

  
  

• Sources

  [S76] The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford University Press, 2004-ongoing.