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Description Seal of King Canute VI of Denmark, the earliest known example of the coat of arms of Denmark. The original insignia dated from c. 1190 and the title indicated on the seal was assumed by the king c. 1187-1193. The only known copy of this seal was discovered in the Grand Ducal Archive in Schwerin, Germany in 1879.
Date circa 1882
date QS:P,+1882-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Illustration by Professor Julius Magnus Petersen (4 Sep 1827 – 1 Feb 1917) first published in Aarbøger for Nordisk Oldkyndighed og Historie, 1882. For more information see: Erling Svane: Det danske Rigsvåben og Kongevåben, Odense : Odense University Press, 1994, page 16 where this image is from. Identical images with the artist's initials "M.P." exist in Henry Petersen: Et dansk Flag fra Unionstiden i Maria-Kirken i Lübeck, Copenhagen: C. A. Reitzel, 1882, pp. 26-27. Own scan.
Author Illustration by Professor Julius Magnus Petersen (4 Sep 1827 – 1 Feb 1917).

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