Ruler · 1043 – 1086

Canute IV of Denmark

Lived 1043 – 1086; monarch. Monarch of Denmark of Danish Realm, 1080 – 1086; also in the line of Denmark.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1043 – 1086; 43 years
In office: 6 years; one reign
Lines: 2; states
Left it: deposed or killed; Kokkonen & Sundell

Monarch of Denmark

Danish Realm · the 13th of 59 dated reigns · 854 – 2024

9 before

Magnus the Good1042 – 1047

Sweyn II of Denmark1047 – 1076

Harald Hen1076 – 1080

Canute IV of Denmark1080 – 1086

Olaf I of Denmark1086 – 1095

Eric I of Denmark1095 – 1103

Niels1104 – 1134

43 after

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 1080 – 1086 · 6 years · came to it aged 37

Came to it: the sibling of the ruler before, on record
Left it: deposed or killedcoded by Kokkonen & Sundell: by others; Morby does not call it a deposition

then killed within a year of leaving

Also in the line of Denmark (20th of 66).

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