 Saxo's chronology of kings extends up to Saint Canute and his son Valdemar I. Saxo finished the history with the Preface, which he wrote last, in c. 1216 under the patronage of Anders Sunesen who replaced Absalon as Archbishop of Lund.Saxo included in the preface warm appreciation of both Archbishops and of the reigning King Valdemar II.Of particular interest for Shakespeare scholars is the story of Amleth, the first instance of the playwright's Hamlet.