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Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse:
Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [
ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish:
Svend Tveskæg; 17
April 963 – 3
February 1014)...
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Godwinson (Old English:
Swegen Godƿinson) (c. 1020 – 1052), also
spelled Swein, was the
eldest son of Earl
Godwin of Wes****, and
brother of
Harold II of...
- of Denmark. List of
Danish monarchs His
first name is also
spelled Swen,
Swein,
Svein and Sven, and the
patronymic as Estridson,
Estrithson or Estridsøn...
- a few w****s
before Cnut's death,
Swein and his
mother had to flee the
country altogether and go to Denmark.
Swein died
shortly afterwards. In Denmark...
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Svein Knutsson (Old Norse:
Sveinn Knútsson [
ˈswɛinː ˈknuːtsˌson]; c. 1016–1035) was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and...
- The
family again came
under su****ion
during the
invasion of
England by
Swein Forkbeard, King of Denmark, in 1013–14, and
further members were charged...
- went on to the
court of king
Swein Estrithson in Denmark,
along with the
younger Gytha. They
doubtless hoped that
Swein would support them in an invasion...
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Historical Atlas of the Vikings,
Penguin (1995), p. 122. Howard, Ian (2003).
Swein Forkbeard's
Invasions and the
Danish Conquest of England, 991–1017. Woodbridge:...
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responsibility for
bringing Swein-son-of-Sicga to justice.
Historians indicate that the
deeds of Yorkshire's outlaws, men such as
Swein-son-of-Siccga, and their...
- went on to the
court of king
Swein Estrithson in
Denmark along with the
younger Gytha. They
doubtless hoped that
Swein would support them in an invasion...
