...and a further 50 to anyone who makes me laugh with a funny guess. Keep em clean (cleanish) people.
I was going to ask you who it was as I was curious! Thought the avatar and user title very good. I'll have a guess at John?
BINGO! Canute I, or Canute the Great, in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles also known as **** (Old Norse: Knútr inn ríki, Norwegian: Knut den mektige, Swedish: Knut den store, Danish: Knud den Store) (c. 995 – November 12, 1035) was a Viking king of England, Denmark, Norway, some of Sweden[1] (such as the Sigtuna[2] Swedes), as well as overlord of Pomerania, and the Mark of Schleswig. He was in treaty with the Holy Roman Emperors, the German kings, Henry II and Conrad II, suzerain vassals of Rome's pontificate, and in relations with the papacy himself. His reign, almost two decades long, was over a northern empire spread across Scandinavia and the British Isles and saw the Danish sovereignty at its height. Canute is legendary for his apparent attempt to command the waves. According to legend the king grew tired of flattery from his courtiers. When one such flatterer gushed that Canute was so great he might even command the sea itself, he is supposed to have demonstrated his courtier wrong at either Southampton or Bosham, or perhaps near his palace at Westminster. When the waves did not turn back at his word, Canute reputedly said that even a king's powers had limits and he removed his crown, refusing to wear it again, for to him there was no true king except God. More here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canute_the_Great
Of course you choose a Dane when looking for the ultimate King. From back when Denmark ruled the (known) world! Those were some good times I tell you!
King Henry VII? King Louis XII? King Francis I? Are you an English King or a Frog King? Or neither and you are a Dutch King or something?
It was King Kanute. The avatar has changed several times since then, keep up people, although I feel a new comp coming on.
