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Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg [ˈswɛinː ˈhɑrˌɑldsˌson ˈtjuːɣoˌskeɡː]; Danish: Svend Tveskæg; 17 April 963 – 3 February 1014) was King of Denmark from 986 until his death, King of England for five weeks from December 1013 until his death, and King of Norway from 999/1000 until 1013/14.
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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 won the battle, and Sweyn III was slain while attempting to flee.
- 23 October 1157
- Valdemar I victoryEnd of the Danish Civil War
- Jutland Peninsula, Denmark
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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 Great. Sweyn II of Denmark (1019–1074/76), King of Denmark; Sweyn the Crusader (1050–1097), son of Sweyn II; Svend Tronkræver (d. 1104), son of Sweyn II, potential claimant to Danish throne
Sven III. Dánský (Svend III Grathe) (asi 1125 – 23. říjen 1157) byl králem Dánska v letech 1146 až 1157. O moc v zemi bojoval s Knutem V. a Valdemarem I. V roce 1157 se trojice dohodla, že si Dánsko rozdělí na tři části, ale Sven se pokusil své dva rivaly zabít během slavnosti, poté však byl Valdemarem I. poražen.
Sweyn III of Denmark. 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 V and his own cousin Valdemar I. In 1157, the three agreed to a tripartition of Denmark. Read more on Wikipedia.
Sweyn was the illegitimate son of King Erik II the Memorable and the concubine Thunna. Sweyn travelled with Eric II to Norway in the mid-1130s, when his father fought King Niels to win the Danish throne. When Eric II died in 1137, he was succeeded by Eric III, and Sweyn was sent to the court of Conrad III of Germany.
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 V and his own cousin Valdemar I. In 1157, the three agreed a tripartition of Denmark.
