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Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse:
Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish:
Svend Tveskæg; 17
April 963 – 3
February 1014)...
- 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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Forkbeard Fantasy is a
British multimedia arts company,
based in Devon. It
began as an
experimental performance art
group in 1974,
founded by brothers...
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Phycis blennoides, the
greater forkbeard, is a
species of fish
belonging to the
family Phycidae. It is
native to Europe,
Northern Africa,
Northern America...
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except during a
brief interruption in 1013–14 when the
Danish king
Sweyn Forkbeard occupied the
English throne. Æthelred died in 1016, and Emma
married Sweyn's...
- 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 Æthelred...
- They
settled in
parts of
England (known as the Danelaw)
under King
Sweyn Forkbeard in 1013, and in
France where Danes and
Norwegians were
allowed to settle...
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keeping the
tradition into
modern times. Olof and the
Danish king
Sweyn Forkbeard formed an
alliance and
defeated the
Norwegian king Olaf
Tryggvason in...
- name to this dynasty.
Other notable members were Cnut's
father Sweyn Forkbeard,
grandfather Harald Bluetooth, and sons Harthacnut,
Harold Harefoot, and...
- as the St Brice's Day m****acre of
Danish settlers. In 1013, King
Sweyn Forkbeard of
Denmark invaded England, as a
result of
which Æthelred fled to Normandy...
