Canute IV of Denmark, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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King of Denmark
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Place of Birth: Denmark
About Canute IV of Denmark
- Canute IV (c.?1042 – 10 July 1086), later known as Canute the Holy (Danish: Knud IV den Hellige) or Saint Canute (Sankt Knud), was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.
- Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy, devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church, and had designs on the English throne.
- Slain by rebels in 1086, he was the first Danish king to be canonized.
- He was recognized by the Roman Catholic Church as patron saint of Denmark in 1101.
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