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Dec 25, 2023 · Sweyn Forkbeard had been crowned on Christmas Day the year before, having deposed his own father, Harald Bluetooth, the first Christian king of Denmark.
Dec 25, 2013 · Sweyn Forkbeard, who became king of England 1,000 years ago, was the first of the Viking kings to rule all of England - so why has he been largely forgotten?
Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson (Old Norse: Sveinn Ástríðarson, Danish: Svend Estridsen; c. 1019 – 28 April 1076) was King of Denmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of Ulf Thorgilsson and Estrid Svendsdatter , and the grandson of Sweyn Forkbeard through his mother's line.
Sweyn, known as Tiugeskaeg, or Forkbeard due to his long, cleft beard, was the son of Harald Bluetooth and was born around 960. Harald Bluetooth (Danish Harald Blåtand) was King of Denmark between 940 and 985 AD. The identity of his mother is not known with certainty, he may have been Harald's illegitimate son by Aesa, (according to the ...
Jul 16, 2017 · The death of Olaf (r. 995 – 1000) at the Battle of Svolder returned the Norwegian crown to Sweyn Forkbeard the king of Denmark (r. 986 – 1014), and the Danish hegemony. The Norwegian crown had fallen under the tenuous control of the Danish Kings c. 971 during the reign of Sweyn’s father, Harald Bluetooth. Thus, when Sweyn seized the ...
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Following Edmund's death on 30 November, Cnut ascends to the throne as the sole king of England. In the autumn of 1016, the Danish prince Cnut the Great (Canute) successfully invaded England. Cnut's father, Sweyn Forkbeard, had previously conquered and briefly ruled England for less than five weeks.
