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Sweyn III
Grathe (Danish:
Svend III
Grathe; c. 1125 – 23
October 1157) was the king of
Denmark between 1146 and 1157, in
shifting alliances with Canute...
- The
Battle of
Grathe Heath was
fought in 1157
between the
Danish armies of
Valdemar I and his
rival for the
Danish throne,
Sweyn III. Valdemar's forces...
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August 1157.
Sweyn was
defeated by
Valdemar in the
Battle of
Grathe Heath (Slaget på
Grathe Hede) on 23
October 1157.
Sweyn was
killed during flight, supposedly...
- century,
which took
place nearby the
museum at the
Battle of
Grathe Heath (Slaget på
Grathe Hede)
where one of the
Danish kings was killed.
Museum Jorn...
- Valdemar, who
avenged him the same year by
killing Sweyn at the
Battle of
Grathe Heath to win
Denmark for himself. Not more than a year
before his death...
- King Sweyn, but
modern scholarship suggest she was a
daughter of
Sweyn III
Grathe.
Wikimedia Commons has
media related to
Sweyn II of Denmark. List of Danish...
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Sweyn III
Grathe (Svend
Grathe) 1146–1157 Non-contemporary c. 1125 son of Eric II
Adela of
Meissen c. 1152 two
children 23
October 1157
Grathe Heath aged...
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followed them.
Absalon probably did not take part in the
following battle of
Grathe Heath in 1157,
where Sweyn was
defeated and slain. This led to Valdemar...
- but are
unable to take
advantage of
their victory. 1157 – The
Battle of
Grathe Heath ends the
Danish Civil War. 1295 – The
first treaty forming the Auld...
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minted from the
times of
Canute the Holy (1080–86)
until those of
Svend Grathe (1146–57). The
coins bear the
names Ranrosia, Ransias, Radrusia, Rand and...
