Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014)...
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son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter, and the grandson of Sweyn Forkbeard through his mother's line. He was married at least two times, and fathered...
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legend of King Canute and the tide. Cnut was a son of the Danish prince Sweyn Forkbeard, who was the son and heir to King Harald Bluetooth and thus came from...
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Olof Skötkonung (section Alliance with Sweyn Forkbeard)
keeping the tradition into modern times). Olof was victorious alongside Sweyn Forkbeard when the kings created an alliance to defeat the Norwegian king Olaf...
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for no more than a few years in the 970s. Some sources say his son Sweyn Forkbeard forcibly deposed him from his Danish throne before his death. Harald's...
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Sweyn is a Scandinavian masculine given name. Notable people with the surname include: Kings: Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and...
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Wessex and Æthelstan in Mercia. England came under the control of Sweyn Forkbeard, a Danish king, after an invasion in 1013, during which Æthelred abandoned...
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II) from 1014 until his death in c. 1018. He was the youngest son of Sweyn Forkbeard and Gunhild of Wenden, and was regent while his father was fighting...
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King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, as a result of which Æthelred fled to Normandy in 1013 and was replaced by Sweyn. After Sweyn died in...
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1013–14 when the Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the English throne. Æthelred died in 1016, and Emma married Sweyn's son Cnut. As Cnut's wife, she...
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named Sweyn Forkbeard. Sweyn succeeded his father as king and married Gunhild (Świętosława of Poland). They had a son named Cnut the Great. Sweyn also...
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younger brother. He is killed by Naad. Played by Søren Pilmark King Sweyn Forkbeard is the retired king of Denmark who steps in as acting ruler in England...
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dependent upon the sea. The first king to unite all three kingdoms was Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark since 986 and of Norway since 1000, when he conquered...
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Olaf Tryggvasson, then married to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, but elsewhere author Snorri Sturluson says that Sweyn was married to a different woman....
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of July 1013, the Dane Sweyn Forkbeard and his son and heir Cnut (Canute) arrived in Gainsborough with an army of conquest. Sweyn defeated the English opposition...
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daughter of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth and thus a sister to King Sweyn Forkbeard. She was first married to the Swedish prince and throne claimant Styrbjörn...
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was conquered by Sweyn Forkbeard, who died shortly thereafter. Æthelred was able to reclaim the throne, despite opposition. Sweyn's son, Cnut, was defeated...
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his name to this dynasty. Other notable members were Cnut's father Sweyn Forkbeard, grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons Harthacnut, Harold Harefoot...
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daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and perhaps Gunhild of Wenden and half-sister of Cnut the Great. By Ulf Jarl, she was the mother of the later King Sweyn II Estridson...
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Gunnhild) (died 13 November 1002) is said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, and the daughter of Harald Bluetooth. She was married...
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given, was married first to Eric the Victorious of Sweden and then to Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark, giving the former a son, Olof, and the latter two sons...
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Jomsviking order and who fought against the Norwegian Haakon Jarl. Sweyn Forkbeard succeeded him in his Scanian territories. King Olaf Trygvasson's Saga...
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infamous Eadwulf Rus who murdered Bishop Walcher.: 15–16 In 1013 King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded England, sailing up the Humber and Trent to the...
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Snorri's Heimskringla, the attack happened soon after the death of Sweyn Forkbeard with the city being held by Danish forces. Snorri's account claims...
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1013, Sweyn Forkbeard returned to invade England with a large army, and Æthelred fled to Normandy, leading Sweyn to take the English throne. Sweyn died...
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not hesitate to involve himself in a quarrel with King Sweyn I of Denmark by marrying Sweyn's sister Tyra, who had fled from her heathen husband Burislav...
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Seer Annabelle Mandeng as Altöra (season 1) Søren Pilmark as King Sweyn Forkbeard Ruben Lawless as Harold Harefoot Stephen Hogan as Sigeferth (season...
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for whom they fought in 1013 against the invasion of Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard and his son Cnut. It is not entirely clear how Thorkell became part...
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effort to spread Christianity throughout Scandinavia, the Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard constructed a Monastery in Lund and dedicated it to the holy trinity...
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Heitstrenging (section Succession of Sweyn Forkbeard)
Bluetooth's memorial feast (Old Norse: veizluerfi): Later in the account, Sweyn Forkbeard swears on the bragafull to conquer England or die in the attempt, before...
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