This is a skin of my family heritage/history of Denmark,Switzerland,Scotland,England,Small parts of Sweden,and Norway. If you copy this,I will find you, and i will slap you.

This is dedicated to a king Canute, A viking, then a ruler of Europe. here's the story.

(Fitting music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRctMzvGlNk&list=PLhAfRjg-S_oqMkMOgFatmGUfHFSy1Tbjz&feature=mh_lolz )

Canute the great is a king. he was born in A.D 985. He was a son of Sweyn Forkbeard,King Of Denmark, meaning he is viking.He was to siege These countries: England,Switzerland,Sweden,Denmark,And Norway.

Ties of ruling

Canute Gained England in Oct. 8,1016 By treaty, But sieged London before treaty.Canute gathered men to help siege London. They probably didn't look like the skin does,but they were vikings. He soon won the city London by treaty.

Canute soon advanced to King of Denmark when King Herald the II died. And soon got replaced With Canute.This is the time when the vikings of Canute's Vikings looked like the skin above.

He was at war with Scandinavia. when his Scandinavian enemies subdued, he journeyed to Rome to Meet Conrad the II. And as in his letter to Conrad, Said he was "king of all England and Denmark and the Norwegians and of some of the Swedeso ." And another letter to Conrad said ...

"I, as I wish to be made known to you, returning by the same route that I took out, am going to Denmark to arrange peace and a firm treaty, in the counsel of all the Danes, with those races and people who would have deprived us of life and rule if they could, but they could not, God destroying their strength. May he preserve us by his bounteous compassion in rule and honor and henceforth scatter and bring to nothing the power and might of all our enemies! And finally, when peace has been arranged with our surrounding peoples and all our kingdom here in the east has been properly ordered and pacified, so that we have no war to fear on any side or the hostility of individuals, I intend to come to England as early this summer as I can to attend to the equipping of a fleet."

Now you may ask how he got part of Sweden and Norway, He won victory over some Swedes By crossing The river
Uppland, He also got intention from Swedes and Scandinavians by coming back to Denmark, and claimed peace with several forts and kingdoms in Scandinavia. He gained Norway by sending 50 fleet ships toward Norway. Canute,
and a relative Hakon, Slaughtered the wives of Norway, and took siege of Norway.However Hakon died, And was peaceful.The king gave Canute Kingship.

My ties:
After Canute became King of Norway, My family, Mcnutts, Moved to Scotland. However, Once the Mcnutts Came to Scotland, but, Soon, moved to America In 1635. Once in America, They changed their last name to Nutt. and then we're here. In the old boring state of TX.

Don't believe we're Scottish? Our coat of arms: