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Canute was the Danish monarch who became King of England by conquest in 1016, reigning until he died in 1035. He is chiefly remembered for the legend that he ordered his throne to be taken down to the beach where he sat on it and tried to order the tide to stop coming in, thereby getting his feet wet. Often cited as an example of royal stupidity and arrogance, in fact Canute was demonstrating that even kings were not omnipotent, to stop his courtiers claiming that he was greater than he was.
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