Canute VI of Denmark (The Danish North Sea)

Canute VI (Danish: Knud Valdemarsøn; 1163 – 12 November 1202) was King of Denmark from 1182 to his 1202. Canute VI was the eldest son of King Valdemar I and Sophia of Polotsk. His reign saw a brief period of peace between England and Denmark which lasted until Canute's death in 1202, King Canute's brother and successor was betrayed by King John of England in 1204.