CANUTE VI  . (1163–1202), See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• DENMARK
• DENMARK (Danmark)

Denmark, eldest son of Valdemar I., was crowned in his seventh See also:

• YEAR

year (1170), as his See also:

• FATHER

father's co-See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent, so as to secure the See also:

• SUCCESSION (Lat. successio, from succedere, to follow after)

succession . In 1182 he succeeded to the See also:

• THRONE

throne . During his twenty years' reign Den-See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark advanced steadily along the path of greatness and prosperity marked out for her by Valdemar I., consolidating and extending her dominion over the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North Baltic See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast and adopting a more and more See also:

• INDEPENDENT

independent attitude towards See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . The See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick I.'s claim of overlordship was haughtily rejected at the very outset, and his See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to stir up See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke Bogislav of See also:

• POMERANIA (German, Pommern)

Pomerania against Denmark's See also:

• VASSAL (Fr. vassal, vassaut, vassault, &c,)

vassal, Jaromir of See also:

• RUGEN

Rugen, was defeated by See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

Archbishop See also:

• ABSALON (c. 1128–1201)

Absalon, who destroyed 465 of Bogislav's 500 See also:

• SHIPS

ships in a See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• ACTION

action off Strela (See also:

• STRALSUND

Stralsund) in 1184 . In the following year Bogislav did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage to Canute on the See also:

• DECK

deck of his See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-See also:

• SHIP

ship, off Jomsborg in Pomerania, Canute henceforth styling himself king of the Danes and See also:

• WENDS

Wends . This victory led two years later to the voluntary submission of the two Abodrite princes Niklot and Borwin to the Danish See also:

• CROWN

crown, where-upon the bulk of the Abodrite dominions, which extended from the See also:

• TRAVE

Trave to the Warnow, including See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• MECKLENBURG

Mecklenburg, were divided between them . The concluding years of Canute's reign were peaceful, as became a See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince who, though by no means a See also:

• COWARD

coward, was not of an overwhelmingly See also:

• MARTIAL (MARCUS VALERIUS MARTIALIS)

martial temperament . In 1197, however, See also:

• GERMAN
• GERMAN, DUTCH AND SCANDINAVIAN

German See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy of Denmark's ambitions, especially when Canute led a See also:

• FLEET

fleet against the pirates of See also:

• ESTHONIA (Ger. Ehstland and Ehshland, Esthonian Eestimae and Meie-maa, also Viroma and Rahvama; Lettish Iggaun Senna)

Esthonia, induced See also:

• OTTO

Otto, See also:

• MARGRAVE (Ger. Markgraf)

margrave of See also:

• BRANDENBURG

Brandenburg, to invade Pomerania, while in the following year Otto, in See also:

• CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with Duke Adolf of See also:

• HOLSTEIN
• HOLSTEIN, FRIEDRICH VON (1837–1909)

Holstein, wasted the dominions of the Danophil Abodrites . The See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war continued intermittently till 1201, when Duke Valdemar, Canute's younger See also:

• BROTHER

brother, conquered the whole of Holstein, and Duke Adolf was subsequently captured at See also:

• HAMBURG

Hamburg and sent in chains to Denmark . North Albingia, as the See also:

• DISTRICT

district between the See also:

• EIDER
• EIDER (Icelandic, idur)

Eider and the See also:

• ELBE (the Albis of the Romans and the Labe of the Czechs)

Elbe was then called, now became Danish territory . Canute died on the 12th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1202 .

Undoubtedly he owed the triumphs of his reign very largely to the statesmanship of Absalon and the valour of Valdemar . But he was certainly a prudent and circumspect ruler of blameless See also:

• LIFE

life, possessing, as See also:

• ARNOLD
• ARNOLD, BENEDICT (1741-1801)
• ARNOLD, GOTTFRIED (1666-1714)
• ARNOLD, MATTHEW (1822-1888)
• ARNOLD, SAMUEL (1740--18o2)
• ARNOLD, SIR EDWIN (1832-1904)
• ARNOLD, THOMAS (1745-1842)

Arnold of See also:

• LUBECK

Lubeck (c . 116o–1212) expresses it, " the sober See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom of old See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age even in his See also:

• TENDER

tender youth." See Danmarks Riges Historie . Oldtiden og den aeldre Middelalder (See also:

• COPENHAGEN (Danish Kjobenhavn)

Copenhagen, 1897-1905), pp . 721-735 . (R . N .