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Canute VI King of Denmark 1163 – 1202 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1163

Birth Location: Denmark

Death Date: 12 Nov 1202

Death Location: Denmark

Father: Valdemar Estridsen,

Mother: Sophia Rurikide

Spouse(s): Gertrude Saxony,

Children(s):

Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) was born in 1163 in Denmark, the child of Valdemar Waldemar I 'The Great' Estridsen, and Sophia Vladimirovna Rurikide. Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) married Gertrude of Saxony,. Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) passed away in 1202 in Denmark.

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Biography

  • Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) was born in 1163 in Denmark, the child of Valdemar Waldemar I 'The Great' Estridsen, and Sophia Vladimirovna Rurikide.
  • Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) married Gertrude of Saxony,.
  • Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) passed away in 1202 in Denmark.

Immediate Family

Parents

Valdemar Estridsen,
1131 – 1182
Birth Location: (posthumous birth) Sleeswijk, Denmark
VE
Sophia Rurikide
1140 – 1198
Birth Location: Novgorad, Russia
SR

Spouses(s)

Gertrude Saxony,
1155 – 1196
Birth Location: Saxony, Germany
GS

Children(s)

Canute Denmark's Ancestors

Self
Canute Denmark
1163 – 1202
Birth Place: Denmark
Parents
Valdemar Waldemar I 'The Great' Estridsen,
1131 – 1182
(posthumous birth) Sleeswijk, Denmark
Sophia (Vladimirovna) Rurikide
1140 – 1198
Novgorad, Russia
Grandparents
Knud ((Canute) Lavard) Estriden,
1096 – 1131
Roskilde, Roskilde Kommune, Sjælland, Denmark
Ingeborg (Mstislavna, Rurik) Dynasty,
1100 – 1130
Kiev, Russia
Volodar (Glebovich Polotsk dynasty (or the) Polotski),
1114 – 1167
Minsk, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Richeza Piast,
1116 – 1156
Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland
Great-Grandparents
Erik Swensson,
1060 – 1103
Bodil Thrugotsdotter
– 1103
Mstislav Dynasty,
1076 – 1132
Christina Sweden,
1080 – 1122
Gleb branch,
– 1119
Anastasia Dynasty
Boleslaw Piast,
1086 – 1138
Salomea Schelklingen,
1099 – 1144
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Sven Estridsen,
1019 – 1076
Unknown mistress
Vladimir Dynasty,
1053 – 1125
Gytha Godwin,
1053 – 1107
Inge Stenkil,
1050 – 1112
Helena family,
1050 – 1100
Vseslav dynasty,
1029 – 1101
Yaropolk Dynasty,
– 1087
Władysław dynasty,
1044 – 1102
Judith Dynasty,
1056 – 1086
Henry Berg
Adelaide Mochental
– 1127

Canute Denmark's Timeline

2 Records

1163
1163
Birth of Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) in Denmark
Denmark
1202
12 Nov 1202
Age 39
Death of Canute VI King of Denmark (issueless) in Denmark
Denmark

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1163
    Event Place: Denmark
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Nov 1202
    Event Place: Denmark
    Record Source:
    [1] Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015
    [2] Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Ringsted, Ringsted Kommune, Sjælland, Denmark
    Record Source: Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
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