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Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse:
Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish:
Svend Tveskæg; 17
April 963 – 3
February 1014)...
- as
Sweyn I
Sweyn or
Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of
Norway as
Sweyn II
Sweyn II of
Denmark (1019–1076), King of
Denmark Blot-
Sweyn or
Sweyn the...
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Sweyn II (c. 1019 – 28
April 1076), also
known as
Sweyn Estridsson (Old Norse:
Sveinn Ástríðarson, Danish:
Svend Estridsen) and
Sweyn Ulfsson, was King...
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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...
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sagas also have
Sweyn marrying Eric's widow, but she is
distinctly another person in
these texts,
named Sigrid the Haughty, whom
Sweyn only
marries after...
- his death, his
kingdom was
split between Harald Hardrada in
Norway and
Sweyn Estridsson in Denmark.
Magnus was an
illegitimate son of King Olaf Haraldsson...
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lasting for 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....
- King
Sweyn Forkbeard of
Denmark invaded England, as a
result of
which Æthelred fled to
Normandy in 1013 and was
replaced by
Sweyn.
After Sweyn died in...
- was the
target of
Viking raids and
invasions under Sweyn Forkbeard and his son, Cnut.
Following Sweyn's seizure of the
throne in 1013, Emma fled to Normandy...
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Sweyn of
Denmark may
refer to:
Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and
Norway as
Sweyn I.
Sweyn Knutsson (1016–1035), son of Cnut the...
