King Cnut IV of Denmark planned an invasion of England in 1085 to reclaim the English crown. As the grandnephew of Cnut the Great, he considered William the Conqueror a usurper.
[quote]In 1085 he reasserted the Danish claims to England and, with the count of Flanders and King Olaf III of Norway, prepared a massive invasion fleet... Canute's plan, however, had to be abandoned suddenly, for those aristocrats who opposed his tax policy revolted.[quote]
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