Johannes Rex (A Viking Civilization)

Johannes I, more commonly referred to by his Latin name of Johannes Rex or John the Great (Johann Maektigge), was the first king of the Danish-ruled Johannine Empire, which was an assortment of lands assembled under Johannes and his four successors between the crowning of Johannes I as King of the Norse in 1036 at Askevik and the assassination of his great-grandson, Johannes IV, in 1140. Johannes I is considered one of the greatest conquerors of all time, alongside Alexander, Charlemagne and Augustus Caesar - he made the Nordic culture, which had previously been limited to Scandinavia and the British Isles, a dominant one in Europe, and laid the foundation for the Nordic Schism with his personal battles with the papacy in Rome.