CANUTE VI OF DENMARK

'Canute VI' (1163 – 1202) was King of Denmark (1182-1202). Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk.

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Life

References

Life

Contemporary sources describe him as an earnest, strongly religious man. On Bishop Absalon's advice, Canute chose not to renew his fealty to Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor. Canute conquered Pomerania and led a crusade to Estonia in 1197. He gave loyal support to Absalon’s policy.
Canute married Gertrud, a daughter of Henry the Lion of Saxony. She did not bear him any children.

References

1. Henry Petersen (1882): ''Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck'', Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, p. 26