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Knut: see Canute Canute (kən t`, kəny..... Click the link for more information. . Canute the GreatDanish Knut(died Nov. 12, 1035) Danish king of England (1016–35), Denmark (1019–35), and Norway (1028–35). He helped his father, Sweyn I, invade England in 1013. Sweyn was accepted as king of England after exiling King Ethelred II but died in 1014; Canute returned and defeated Ethelred's son to win the English throne in 1016. At first he ruled ruthlessly, killing English opponents and appointing Danes in their places, but within a few years he had married Ethelred's widow and was granting earldoms to Englishmen. Canute proved an effective ruler who brought peace and prosperity to England, issued an important law code, and became a strong supporter of the church. With English help he secured the throne of Denmark on his brother's death. His early death and that of his sons led to the restoration of Ethelred's dynasty. Canute, Cnut, Knut died 1035, Danish king of England (1016--35), Denmark (1018--35), and Norway (1028--35). He defeated Edmund II of England (1016), but divided the kingdom with him until Edmund's death. An able ruler, he invaded Scotland (1027) and drove Olaf II from Norway (1028) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Knut Henrik Henriksen--a wizard at creating minimal effects with maximal transformations of walls--folded out one part of the container wall as if it were origami paper. It has a superb cast led by handsome Israeli star Lior Ashkenazi as Eyal, the agent, with the German actors Knut Berger as the young man, Axel, and Carolina Peters as his sister, Pia. Disk drive applications in handheld consumer electronics equipment is seeing explosive growth, yet the disk interface used for that application today is poorly suited for that purpose," said Knut Grimsrud, Intel senior principal engineer. |
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