King Canute - English monarchs animated history documentary
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Canute is one of the more famous kings of England and he’s remembered primarily for two things - for being an effective king and for a story about his attempt to stop the tide coming in, both of which we’ll explore later in this video.
We don’t know where and when Canute was born.
It’s likely he was born in or around 990 in Scandinavia.
At the time his father Sweyn Forkbeard was king of Norway and Denmark, a position he’d stolen after overthrowing and exiling his predecessor, his own father.
During Canute’s lifetime, his father Sweyn would launch an all out attack on England, chase the English King AEthelred into exile and have himself crowned King of England.
After Sweyn died, Canute himself would seek to become the next English king but be chased out of England himself.
He would return in 1016 to take over half of England before being crowned and would rule for 19 years until his passing in 1035, probably in his mid-40s.
Canute’s father Sweyn was behind a series of Viking raids on England around then, possibly partly in revenge for his sister’s passing.
Finally in 1013 Canute’s father conquered England and on Christmas Day that year, was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.
Sweyn ruled for five weeks before dying.
His eldest son Harald II became King of Denmark, while Canute was proclaimed King of England by people in the north of England - the part that had in previous generations been Danelaw.
The only problem was that English nobility in the south didn’t see it that way.
Instead they recalled their exiled King AEthelred, who returned was was re-crowned as their ruler.
Back in Denmark, Canute is thought to have tried to convince his older brother Harold, the newly crowned King of Norway, to help him invade England, but it seems Harald wasn’t interested.
This didn’t stop Canute, who spent the following year building an invasion fleet.
Finally in the summer of 1015 he launched his attack, it’s thought with an army of about 10,000 troops sailing in 200 longships.
This army would spend the next 14 months fighting a series of head-to-head battles with he English forces, led primarily by the King AEthelred’s son Edmund Ironside.
You might expect, given AEthelred and his son Edmund were English Kings descended from the House of Wessex, that both could have relied on the loyalty of the English nobility.
However, things proved to be not so simple. One of the first things Canute did was battle his way towards Wessex, which submitted to him at the end of 1015.
Soon after this Mercia abandoned AEthelred.
Incredibly Mercian forces didn’t just submit to Canute; perhaps detecting a change in the wind, they actually joined forces with him.
Moving into 1016, Canute turned his attention to Warwickshire and East Mercia.
Attempts by King AEthelred oppose these advances came to nothing and he was forced to return to London.
At this point in early 1016, AEthelred’s son Edmund Ironside took the initiative and traveled north to link up with he Earl of Northumbria.
The two armies then attacked Western Mercia.
In the interim though Canute moved his forces into Northumbria, forcing the Earl of Northumbria to return home where he was beaten by a rival.
On the 23 April 1016, AEthelred the Unready died in London and his son, tough-as-boots Edmund Ironside was crowned the next King of England.
At this point that - despite his gains - Canute’s only hope of achieving his goal of becoming King was to overthrow King Edmund.
To that end, he turned his attentions south and laid siege to London.
Though Edmund drove Canute’s forces away, he suffered heavy losses and had to withdraw to Wessex. Canute laid siege to London again but failed and withdrew to Kent.
As 1016 progressed, the two clashed again in Essex.
With autumn and winter approaching, the two leaders perhaps sensed that they were reaching a stalemate and decided to sue for peace.
Canute and Edmund met to negotiate peace terms and under those terms England north of the Thames would be Canute’s while anything south would be Edmund’s.
And so at this point England has two kings - one in the north and one in the south.
Only … this didn’t last long. Edmund died within weeks of this settlement - it’s thought he was either murdered or he died of wounds he’d suffered during battle.
Finally, all of England accepted Canute as King.
Canute died in November 1035 and he was buried in Winchester.
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Who here came from Vinland Saga?
Me
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Mig
I heard he would have visions of his father's severed head talking to him.
Lol Vinland Saga reference
Canute at the beach ordering the tides to stop feels harder now.
He changed so much after Ragnar died.
That's fiction. Not historically confirmed
@@bartutelixgall4673 Hmmm? Really? I didn't know that?! I have witnessed the truth of the cosmos thanks to you, wise man.
I wasn't able to come along any historical proof of "that Ragnar's" existence. I have heard something about a person named Ragnar being an ancestor of Canute but I ain't sure if that is fiction or not. I m just a hoobyst historian so I recommend you doing your own reaserch to make sure I didn't make a mistake or something
its just a joke mate@@bartutelixgall4673
@@bartutelixgall4673 Man c'mon, everybody knows that it is fiction. He was referring the show 'Vinland Saga'
Hallo from Denmark The reason why canute/Knud (Knud is his name in danish) is that he respected England. He respected English traditions and ruled England like Æthelred had done. Knud used English advisors and was on good terms with the church .... The ordinary anglo-saxon would not have notied a dane sat on throne. The local jugde, preist or tax collector still spoke English
He’s also called C’nut
@@JJ-the-Fortnite-Festival-Fan He was also called Cun't
@@KeysAndDoorss ayoo
Thank thorfin for making him rule with heart
Surprised to know that Canute wasn't a Blonde.
we dont really know - its just a guess
he might have been blonde
Jego matka Świętosława, młodsza siostra Bolesława Chrobrego (Wielkiego) króla Polski była blondynką .😂😂
@@channelname4331Canute literally means "with white hair"
@@channelname4331he could have been a "ginger." Lots of Scandinavians have red hair & very fair skin.
@@luigi1606 no Canute comes from Knutr and means "daring""bold" or just "knot" he is usually depicted with blond hair and he certainly could have, that said dna study shows majority of Danish Vikings had red hair, but there would have been other hair colors blond or brown , Canute mom and grandmother was from Poland
I love the cartoon videos not boring. Great box history box
no mention of thorfin , in the 100% acurute vinland saga , a great documentry , it shows that thorfin gave him his scar which is worthy of putting in the video surely
One of the more famous kings, surprised by that, until a few years ago I (an Anglocentric American) had never heard of him or really any pre-conquest history.
here he is !
Canute or Cnut
Born 990
Son of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark & Norway and for 41 days King of England
Canute Reigned form 1016-1035 [almost 20 years]
0:34 Sweyn's Contribution. Giving Canute a link to The Throne of England.
1:25 The 1002 St. Brice's Day Massacre.
1:51 Canute was acknowledged by Northern England as King, but Wessex did not acknowledge his rule.
2:02 Wessex Recalls AEthelred The Unready from Exile.
2:12 Spring 1014 Canute is driven out of England.
*Canute's 1015 Invasion of England from Denmark*
3:04
3:24
3:37
4:00 23rd of April 1016, AEthelred is Dead.
5:04 Edmund Dies of Wounds/or was Murdered. Canute is King of England.
5:34 Canute married Queen Emma, former wife of AEthelred.
6:11 1030s Canute establishes an Earldom of Wessex held by Godwin of Wessex.
6:31 The Benefit of A Scandinavian King
6:39 England Grew in wealth.
_Bossing The Sea Around_
7:00 "The Tide Will Not Wash Over My Feet"
8:06 Canute travels to Claim Danish Crown too.
8:26 England and Denmark enjoy peace in the 1020s
9:00 1035 Canute's Death
I don't think he thought that he could command the sea he wanted to show the English that he couldn't
Genesis~ Can-Utiity & the Coastliners
So,where is thorfinn son of thors then?
Thorfin karlsefni is real historical figure, but his relationship with canute os fiction
The real Thorfin died in 1007, so never have met.
Broskie was in vinland
Ok why the fuck everyone says and writes Canute if it clearly Cnut
it's Knutr in Old Norse, Knud in Danish , that said as a Dane Cnut is way better than Canute
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You should have been king
Me seeing his name
“Yoo C-NUT”
Canute is an SoB because he took the throne with an army of Danes that rallied to his banner to have a viking as the king of England but pushed christianity and basically erased the old ways by offering ease and reliable trade in exchange for being converted. It starts by wearing a cross instead of a hammer because it means the english buy your goods but just a few generations later and Christ had all but destroyed the Aesir. It makes me so mad my people lost their way because it was easier
What did the Aesir believe?
@@cch312 the aesir are basically the norse pantheon of Gods
His character in Vikings Valhalla is a badass
bro you grew up in a peaceful age where you have everything you want without having to work hard. Imagine having to do manual labor everyday for scraps of food with the threats of getting raided at any moment. Not getting killed sounds way more appealing than worshipping useless gods that give you nothing.
Canute was based
King Cnut but the n and u are reversed
His name changes from language to language. In danish where he is from its Knud.
@@anders9646 You did not get the joke.
@@anders9646 I see what you mean. But what he meant was a joke. He meant that by reversing u and n, it becomes Cunt (which means Kusse in danish, I guess??) And by this, he refers to what Cnut did in his regime, whatever the f he refers to I dunno
Who here came from Vinland Saga?
Meh