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Death of Danish King Canute VI (1202)

Type Event Region Europe Time 1202

On 12 November 1202, Danish king Canute VI died near Odense at about forty years of age, ending a generation of rule and triggering the succession to…

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  1. 1181–1182Denmark · DenmarkDuring his reign Canute VI consolidated the Valdemar dynasty's unification of Denmark and, together with his brother Valdemar, led military and missionary activities along the southeastern Baltic coast. Around 1200 the kingdom's influence on the Baltic's southern shore continued to grow, but the king's health was deteriorating.
  2. 1182Odense · FunenCanute VI died near Odense on the island of Funen, leaving no son. According to dynastic succession custom, his brother Valdemar became heir to the throne, Denmark entered the era of Valdemar II, and the kingdom's strategic focus shifted further toward Baltic expansion.

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