Canute VI
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▪ king of Denmarkborn 1163, Denmarkdied Nov. 12, 1202, Denmarkking of Denmark (coregent, 1170–82; king, 1182–1202), during whose reign Denmark withdrew from the Holy Roman Empire and extended its dominion along the southern Baltic coast to Pomerania, Mecklenburg, and Holstein. Canute's role in the Danish expansion was overshadowed by that of his more active brother Valdemar, duke of Schleswig (later king as Valdemar II), and of the Danish archbishop Absalon.The son of the Danish king Valdemar I, Canute was anointed as coregent with his father in 1170, beginning the hereditary reign of the Valdemar dynasty. He succeeded to the throne in 1182 and, at the insistence of his closest adviser, the archbishop Absalon, developed policies independent of Frederick I Barbarossa, Holy Roman emperor. As the result of successful military campaigns by Absalon (1184), Canute assumed sovereignty over Pomerania (now in eastern Germany and Poland) in 1185. He soon also acquired the Slavic territories covering modern Mecklenburg (now in Germany) and the holdings of German frontier princes. Canute commemorated his triumphs by adding Slavorumque rex (“King of the Slavs”) to his regal title.Denmark's heightened role in European politics was shown by the marriage of Canute's sister Ingeborg to the French king Philip II Augustus and by Danish intervention in disputes between German rulers. After 1192, Danish policy toward the south was conducted by Canute's brother Valdemar, who extended Danish domination throughout the eastern Baltic territories to beyond the Oder. Canute died childless.
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