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- Prince Sweyn's body was found around 1645, a painting by Karel van Mander III, at the National Gallery of Denmark Sweyn was born in Denmark, a son of King Sweyn II of Denmark, and husband of Florine of Burgundy.
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Succeeding his father as King of Denmark in 986 AD Sweyn was married twice, to Gunhilda the daughter of the Duke of Poland and then secondly to Sigrid the Haughty the widow of the King of Sweden after he repudiated his first wife. Harald Bluetooth was the first Scandinavian King to accept Christianity though Sweyn was never known to embrace his Chr...
Six years after this, at the Battle of Svolder in 1000 AD, Sweyn allied with the Swedes and defeated King Olaf I Trygvessön of Norway, occupying and dividing the kingdom. There is proof that Olaf’s treatment of Sigrid was instrumental in his downfall. Sigrid turned down his proposal based on that she would have had to convert to Christianity to mar...
King Sweyn’s descendants through his daughter Estrid continue to reign in Denmark today. Margaret of Denmark, a direct descendant, married James III of Scotland in 1469 introducing the bloodline in the Scottish royal family. Sweyn’s decedents became monarchs in England once again in 1603 after James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne. Swey...
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Sweyn Forkbeard (d.1014), king of Denmark ( c. 985–1014), king of England (1013–14). For some 20 years before 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard was involved in sporadic heavy raiding against England, in 994 in the company of Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, later an arch-enemy.
Apr 10, 2024 · Sweyn I (died February 3, 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England) was the king of Denmark ( c. 987–1014), a leading Viking warrior and the father of Canute I the Great, king of Denmark and England. Sweyn formed an imposing Danish North Sea empire, establishing control in Norway in 1000 and conquering England in 1013, shortly before his death.
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Sweyn , c.960–1014, king of Denmark (986–1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in battle. Sweyn was expelled shortly after his accession by the Swedish king Eric the Victorious, but his subsequent marriage to Eric's widow led to his restoration to the ...
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.
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.
