King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Study of the Purple Heron

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King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Study of the Purple HeronKing Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess, Roskilde, Denmanrk, 1026 (1913). King Canute (c985 1035) was Viking King of England, Norway and Denmark. Ulf Jarl Torgilsson (c998 1026) married King Canute's sister and was appointed by Canute as the Earl of Denmark. They argued over a game of chess and Canute had Ulf murdered. Illustration from The Northmen in Britain by Eleanor Means Hull, published 1913. Private collection.