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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...
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Zweins (West Frisian:
Sweins) is a
village in
Waadhoeke muni****lity in the
province of Friesland, the Netherlands. It had a po****tion of
around 116 in...
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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...
- 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...
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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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derived from
Norse personal names,
including Mac
Suibhne (Sweeney) from
Swein and
McAuliffe from "Olaf". The name Cotter,
local to
County Cork, derives...
- when King
Swein I of
Denmark drove Æthelred and his
family from England.
Swein's death in 1014
allowed Æthelred to
return home, but
Swein's son Cnut contested...
- Note:
There is also a "Sweyn Holm" off St Ninian's Isle,
Shetland Sweyn Holm is a
small island in the
Orkney Islands, next to Gairsay. It is
thought to...
- 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...
