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Canute IV of Denmark
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Canute IV of Denmark

Canute IV "the Saint" (1040 - 1086) was King of Denmark from 1080 until 1086.

The son of Sweyn II Estridsson, Canute succeeded his brother Harald III. Canute IV wanted to establish a strong royal authority on the basis of a strong church. When he tried to force peasants from Jutland to participate in a raid against England, the peasants led an uprising that culminated with his slaying inside the wooden Church of St. Alban's in Odense, along with his brother Benedict and 17 of their followers. In 1101 he was canonised as a saint, and in 1300 he and his brother were interred in the new Saint Canute's Cathedral.

He married Adelie of Flanders and had a son, Charles, count of Flanders.

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Preceded by:
Harold III 		King of Denmark Succeeded by:
Olaf I