Canute VI was King of Denmark (1182–1202).
Contemporary sources describe Canute as an earnest, strongly religious man.
Contemporary donor portrait of Canute in Stehag Church, Scania
Valdemar I Knudsen, also known as Valdemar the Great, was King of Denmark from 1154 until his death in 1182. The reign of King Valdemar I saw the rise of Denmark, which reached its medieval zenith under his son King Valdemar II.
1157 bracteate depicting Valdemar and his wife, Sophia
Valdemar den Store statue in Ringsted