Cnut the Great had fought for most of his life. He had become King of England, king of Denmark King of Norway, and ruled parts of Sweden. He was only around forty five when he died. But in those 45 years he became the most powerful ruler in Western Europe, second only to the Holy Roman Emperor. He also became only one of only two kings in English history to ever be called GREAT and has even been said to be the most effective king in Anglo-Saxon history. A Viking. A warrior. Cnut came from a long line of great Scandinavian rulers going all the way back to Sigurd Snake in the Eye and Ragnar Lothbrook. His father was the mighty Sweyn Forkeard. On the 12 of November 1035, Cnut died in in Shaftesbury in Dorset England. His body was taken to the Old Minster Church in Winchester England where Alfred the Great had originally been buried. There his body would finally be laid to rest. But When William the Conqueror conquered England the Old Minster church was torn down to make way for a new Cathedral. In 1158 the bodies of 8 kings including Cut and his wife Emma and two bishops were exhumed and their remains were placed in mortuary chests in the new cathedral. In 1642, over 600 years after Cnut the great was laid to rest, 6 of the 10 mortuary chests were smashed by Oliver cromwell's troops. Some of the bones were taken out and used to throw through the stained glass windows of Winchester cathedral. What bones were left were carefully gathered and placed back in the the chests that remained.

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Evelyn Edwards is a successful American actress history presenter, and photographer. She has appeared on such shows as National Geographic’s Hydrogen vs. Hindenburg, Bosch, Criminal Minds, Castle, The Mentalist, Parenthood, The Thundermans, The Kicks, Marry Me, Outsourced, the Academy Award winning film Her, the Ridley Scott Associates film Loom, and most recently Ghostbusters.
Evelyn began her career in opera. She has performed with some of the opera industry’s leading conductors and singers including: Placido Domingo, Valery Gergiev, Kent Nagano, Eva Marton, Vladimir Chernov, Goesta Winburg, and others.
She has had the privilege of working with such famed directors as Oscar winner Maximilian Schell, Julie Taymor, Gian-Carlo Del Monaco, and Lotfi Mansuri during her tenure with Los Angeles Opera. Ms. Edwards made her professional singing debut at the age of 13, operatic debut at 19, and national television commercial debut at six months.
She holds a Bachelors and Masters degree from UCLA and a PSD from Mannes College of Music. She and her husband Chris love exploring the world and sharing their passion and love for history, castles and photography together.