King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess Product:Fine art poster Written by Herb Handler

Written by Herb Handler

View of nos 22 and 23 Farringdon Street with the entrance to Wheatsheaf Yard

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King Canute and Earl Ulf quarrel over chess Product:Fine art poster Written by Herb HandlerKing 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.