over parts of modern-day Norway. Under the House of Knýtlinga, early state formation in Denmark occurred. In 1018 AD the House of Knýtlinga brought the...

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of driving his own mother Emma out of England, by the advice of Godwin, Earl of Wessex. He paints Harthacnut in a more favorable light. The Knýtlinga...

appears in the 13th-century Icelandic Knýtlinga saga: Knut was exceptionally tall and strong, and the handsomest of men, all except for his nose, that was...

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through the marriage of Ulf the Earl to Estrid Svendsdatter of the House of Knýtlinga, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and sister of Cnut the Great. Later...

German-Danish War of 974, also known as the Rebellion of Harald Bluetooth, was a conflict between Denmark, under the newly established House of Knýtlinga, and the...

"The soul of Hardicanute hath taken possession of him, and he hath no pleasure save to fill, to swill, and to call for more." The Knýtlinga saga treats...

The House of Wessex, also known as the House of Cerdic, the House of the West Saxons, the House of the Gewisse, the Cerdicings and the West Saxon dynasty...

The House of Plantagenet (/plænˈtædʒənət/ plan-TAJ-ə-nət) was a royal house which originated in the French County of Anjou. The name Plantagenet is used...

as part of a Viking Age hoard discovered in 1841 in the cellar crypt of the ruined church in the village of Wiejkowo in Pomerania (now part of Gmina Wolin...

member of the House of Knýtlinga and a sister of King Harthacnut, a half-sister of King Svein Knutsson of Norway and King Harold Harefoot of England...

the second half of the 930s and the first years of the 940s. As set forth in Heimskringla, Knytlinga Saga, and other medieval Scandinavian sources. "Tamdrup...

describes how Harold and his men forcefully laid claim on the treasury housed in Winchester, where Cnut was buried and Emma (whom the Anglo-Saxons also...

the House of Wessex under Æthelred's younger son Edward the Confessor (reigned 1042–1066). Sweyn's daughter, Estrid Svendsdatter, was the mother of King...

followed by the conquest of England by the Danish ruler Cnut." House of Knýtlinga List of massacres in Great Britain "The 13th of November 1002 AD, St Brice's...

ˈknuːtsˌson]; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman...

as the host of Archbishop Unni of Hamburg and Bremen in 936. According to the Jelling Stones, Gorm's son, Harald Bluetooth, "won all of Denmark", so...

Świętosława was a Polish princess, the daughter of Mieszko I of Poland and sister of Bolesław I of Poland, who married two Scandinavian kings. According...

is a simplified family tree of the English, Scottish, and British monarchs. For more-detailed charts see: Family tree of English monarchs, from Alfred...

Vitae, the compendium does not contain any images of Emma. The New Minster Liber Vitae, currently housed in the British Library, was completed in 1030, shortly...

The House of Stuart, originally spelled Stewart, was a royal house of Scotland, England, Ireland and later Great Britain. The family name comes from the...

from 927. During the rule of the House of Knýtlinga, from 1013 to 1014 and 1016 to 1042, England was part of a personal union that included domains in...

possibly the heir to her aunt, the Nordic Union Queen Margaret I of Denmark. House of Knýtlinga Lars Ulwencreutz Ulwencreutz's The Royal Families in Europe...

Ælfwine Haroldsson or Ælfwine (fl. 1060–62) was most probably a son of King Harold Harefoot of England. He was probably born during the early 1030s, either in...

century) – Semi-legendary House of Knýtlinga (AD 916–1042) – Also called "House of Denmark" and "Jelling dynasty" House of Estridsen (AD 1047–1332, AD...

Scandinavia and England claimed descent from gods such as Odin (House of Wessex, House of Knýtlinga) and Freyr (Yngling). Scandinavian kings in pre-Christian...

this, setting his men to watch the house and had three dreams. In the first dream, three white boars came out of the sea, fed on the grass, and went...

The House of Windsor is a British royal house, and currently the reigning house of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms. The royal house's...

he became king of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and Dorothea had given birth to the future king John, thus establishing the House of Oldenburg. Against...