Canute Lavard (
Danish:
Knud Lavard) (March 12, 1096 – 7 January 1131) was a Danish prince. Later he was the first
Duke of Schleswig and the first border prince who was both a Danish and a German vassal, a position leading towards the historical double position of
Southern Jutland. Canute Lavard was also the ancestor of the (
Valdemarerne) and of their subsequent royal line. He was killed by his cousin Magnus, who saw him as a rival to the Danish throne, and was canonized in 1170.