Canute Lavard in a fresco in Vigersted Church near Ringsted
Martyr
Born
1096 Roskilde, Denmark
Died
7 January 1131 forest of Haraldsted near Ringsted in Zealand, Denmark
Venerated in
Roman Catholic Church
Canonized
1169 by Pope Alexander III
Feast
7 January
Attributes
knight with a wreath, lance, and ciborium
Patronage
Zealand, Denmark
Canute Lavard (Danish: Knud Lavard; cognate with English Lord) (12 March 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leading towards the historical double position of Southern Jutland. He was killed by his cousin Magnus (later King Magnus I of Sweden; ca. 1106–1134), who saw him as a rival to the Danish throne. Canute Lavard was canonized in 1170.[1][2]
He was an ancestor of the Valdemarian kings (Valdemarerne) and of their subsequent royal line. Canute Lavard was the father of King Valdemar I of Denmark (Valdemar den Store) and grandfather of King Valdemar II of Denmark (Valdemar Sejr).[3][4][5][6]
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^Carl Frederik Bricka. "Magnus (Nielsen), 1106-1134". Dansk biografisk Lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
^"Valdemarstiden 1157-1241". Aarhus University. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
^"Valdemar den Store". Kings of Denmark.dk. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Valdemar Sejr". Kings of Denmark.dk. Archived from the original on 2008-10-21. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
^"Kong Valdemar Sejr". Danmarks Konger. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
CanuteLavard (Danish: Knud Lavard; cognate with English Lord) (12 March 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first Duke of Schleswig...
the death of his nephew, CanuteLavard. In 1300, his remains and those of his brother Benedict were interred in Saint Canute's Cathedral, built in his...
the Kingdom of Denmark, first from 1131 to 1134 over the murder of CanuteLavard, then from 1139 to 1143, and finally a war of succession fought from...
Valdemar, the son of CanuteLavard, defeated Canute in Jutland in 1150, and Canute fled to his father-in-law Sverker I of Sweden. Canute attempted a number...
future king Eric III Lamb). CanuteLavard, king Eric's legitimate son, was a chivalrous and popular Danish prince. Canute was murdered 7 January 1131...
medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II. Valdemar was the son of CanuteLavard, Duke of Schleswig, the chivalrous and popular eldest son of King Eric...
to King of Denmark's eldest and only legitimate son, CanuteLavard, starting from when Canute's parents, the King Eric I of Denmark (Eric I, Eric the...
Kiev (fl. 1137) was a Ruthenian princess, married to the Danish prince CanuteLavard of Jutland. She was the daughter of Grand Prince Mstislav I of Kiev...
1131, Magnus had his cousin and potential rival for the Danish throne, CanuteLavard, murdered. After this deed he had to return to Gothenland, where he...
given some Danish isles by his half-brother CanuteLavard, and was jarl of Møn, Lolland, and Falster. When Lavard was murdered in 1131, Eric joined his half-brother...
its concerns. Canute feared Olaf's support among the magnates, while Olaf had misgivings about Canute's dynastic ambition, and saw Canute's son Charles...
13th century South Jutland became a duchy. The first duke was CanuteLavard (Knud Lavard). In the late 14th century it took the name of the Duchy of Schleswig...
soon found themselves in a civil war against Lavard's half-brother Eric Emune. The death of CanuteLavard had provoked a civil war that would last intermittently...
Inge I of Sweden. They had many children: Ingeborg of Kiev, married CanuteLavard of Jutland, and was mother to Valdemar I of Denmark Malmfred, married...
renamed Østre Landsret, and is still active under this name. In 1131, CanuteLavard was killed in Haraldsted forest, leading to outbreaks of civil war....
mission, the Emperor Lothair II thoroughly encastellated Wagria and CanuteLavard and the Holsteiners invaded it and took Pribislav and Niklot, the Wagrian...
allied with his sons Canute and Sventepolk, but they were soon dead and Lothair, by then King of Germany, had made CanuteLavard, a Danish prince, Duke...
king Gorm the Old CanuteLavard (1090–1131), son of king Eric I of Denmark Canute Haraldsen (d. 1135), son of Harald Kesja Canute Eriksen (d. bef. 1250)...
with his half-brother Eric Emune in order to avenge his third brother CanuteLavard, but he later turned to the murderer Magnus I of Sweden because he had...
Stefan Dragutin; 1282–1316); by Pope Nicholas IV in 1288 Non-Slavic CanuteLavard, Danish prince (1120–1131); by Abbott Wilhelm after 1129 King of the...
Niels (also called St Nickolas), Odense has St Canute (Danish: Sanct Knud). Others include CanuteLavard, Ansgar, St Thøger of Vendsyssel, St Wilhelm,...
the Great (Valdemar den Store) 1154–1182 14 January 1131 only son of CanuteLavard (who was son of Eric I) and Ingeborg of Kiev Sophia of Minsk c. 1157...
on Zealand, and was the mother of Esbern Snare and Absalon. In 1131, CanuteLavard visited her. She suspected that he would be murdered and tried to convince...
1027, Conrad II and Canute the Great again fixed their mutual border at the Eider. In 1115, King Niels created his nephew CanuteLavard – a son of his predecessor...
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