King of the Danes

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King of the Danes was the medieval royal title held by the monarch ruling over the Danish people and their territories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
King of the Danes canonical 2
House of Scylding 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf monarchical office
royal title
appliesToJurisdiction Danes
Denmark
associatedWithDynasty House of Estridsen
House of Gorm
linked to: House of Knýtlinga

House of Oldenburg
associatedWithEthnicGroup Danes
associatedWithInstitution Danish royal court
associatedWithLegalSystem Danish medieval law codes
associatedWithMilitary Danish royal fleet
linked to: Danish Navy
associatedWithRegion Scandinavia
associatedWithSea Baltic Sea
North Sea
associatedWithUnion Kalmar Union
country Denmark
follows earlier Scandinavian chieftain rule
governmentForm feudal monarchy
hasDomain Danish people
Danish territories
hasNotableOfficeHolder Cnut the Great
Gorm the Old
Harald Bluetooth
linked to: Harold Bluetooth

Margaret I of Denmark
Sweyn Forkbeard
Valdemar I of Denmark
Valdemar II of Denmark
Valdemar IV of Denmark
languageOfName Latin
Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
powerBase landholding aristocracy
religionHistorically Norse paganism
religionLater Christianity
role head of state
highest judicial authority
supreme military commander
seatOfPower Copenhagen
Jelling
Roskilde
sovereigntyType Christian monarchy
successorTitle King of Denmark
symbol Dannebrog
linked to: Danish flag
titleStyle konungr Dana
rex Danorum
typeOfMonarchy hereditary monarchy
usedBy Danish monarchy
usedInPeriod Middle Ages
Viking Age

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harold Bluetooth positionHeld King of the Danes
Hrothgar house House of Scylding
linked to: King of the Danes
King of Denmark predecessorTitle King of the Danes