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Absalon replied to the messenger on behalf of Canute. "Canute is as free a king as the emperor. He has as much right to Denmark as the emperor has to the Holy Roman Empire, and so the emperor should expect no allegiance from this place."
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809:916 – 1042
745:1182–1202
734:Valdemar I
713:circa 1163
434:References
402:Succession
336:Bogislaw I
240:Valdemar I
234:Background
76:Valdemar I
63:Coronation
1182:1448–1863
1170:Oldenburg
1147:1440–1448
1116:1397–1439
1108:Pomerania
1085:1376–1412
1078:Estridsen
1056:1376–1387
976:Canute VI
916:1047–1375
908:Estridsen
885:1042–1047
847:Canute II
841:Harald II
798:Knýtlinga
700:Canute VI
387:Schleswig
370:in 1197.
368:Estonians
340:Pomerania
277:landsting
216:Canute VI
188:Estridsen
107:Successor
102:1185–1202
82:Successor
57:1182–1202
22:Canute VI
967:Canute V
877:Fairhair
816:Сanute I
673:1 August
650:1 August
628:1 August
602:1 August
500:1 August
465:(1911).
412:Gertrude
383:Valdemar
307:Emperor
302:Dysjebro
256:Ringsted
248:Valdemar
39:Schwerin
1358:Italics
1064:Olaf II
835:Sweyn I
549:4 March
475:(ed.).
364:crusade
290:Halland
286:Absalon
176:
168:
164:
1048:Bjälbo
716:
525:
420:Saxony
329:Scania
220:Danish
204:Mother
194:Father
154:Spouse
142:Burial
1381:Also
1374:Also
1367:Also
948:Niels
718:Died:
711:Born:
471:. In
294:Skåne
282:Skåne
262:Reign
183:House
170:(
166:
99:Reign
54:Reign
1197:John
995:Abel
675:2018
652:2018
630:2018
604:2018
551:2014
523:ISBN
502:2018
292:and
242:and
134:Died
121:Born
418:of
385:of
358:" (
338:of
254:at
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327:,
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125:c.
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