The seal of Canute VI, dating from the 1190s, is the earliest known example of the coat of arms of Denmark. The only known copy of this insignia was discovered in Schwerin, Germany in 1879. The king's closed crown differs from the open crowns shown on the seals of his successors.[1]
King of Denmark
Reign
1182–1202
Coronation
25 June 1170
Predecessor
Valdemar I
Successor
Valdemar II
King of the Wends
Reign
1185–1202
Successor
Valdemar II
Born
c. 1163
Died
12 November 1202 (aged 38–39)
Burial
St. Bendt's Church
Spouse
Gertrude of Bavaria
(m. 1177; died 1197)
House
Estridsen
Father
Valdemar I of Denmark
Mother
Sophia of Minsk
Canute VI (Danish: Knud Valdemarsøn; c. 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark (1182–1202).[2]
Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man.
[3]
^Henry Petersen (1882): Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck, Copenhagen: C.A. Reitzel, p. 26 (in Danish)
^Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Canute VI." . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 222–223.
^Per G. Norseng. "Knud 4 Valdemarssøn". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
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