Canute IV (Danish: Knud IV den Hellige or Sankt Knud; c. 1042 – 10 July 1086) later known as Canute the Holy or Canute the Saint was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086. Canute was an ambitious king who sought to strengthen the Danish monarchy devotedly supported the Roman Catholic Church and had designs on the English throne. Slain by rebels in 1086 he was the first Dane to be canonized.
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