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Cnut took the English throne in 1016, and he later became king of Denmark and Norway too. For about 20 years he ruled all three kingdoms, an area historians call the North Sea Empire. Although he started out as a conqueror, he ruled England with English laws and advisers.

A famous legend says he once sat on the beach and told the tide to stop rising. Most people tell it as if he thought he was that powerful. In the old version, he was trying to show his courtiers that no king can command the sea.