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6 days ago · Edward, his parents and brother and sister fled to Normandy. Sweyn Forkbeard died in 1014. The Witan did not accept Forkbeard’s son Canute as King and called for King Aethelred to re-take the throne. Aethelred accepted and the family returned to England.
- Harold
Sweyn of Herefordshire 1020 – 1052. Edith of Wessex 1025 –...
- Canute
However, Sweyn Forkbeard’s sister was among those killed and...
- Edith
Sweyn of Herefordshire 1020 – 1052. King Harold II Godwinson...
- Emma of Normandy
In 1014, King Sweyn Forkbeard conquered England and became...
- Edmund Ironside
The sister of Viking leader, Sweyn Forkbeard was one of...
- King Henry II 1133
Short Biography Early Years. King Henry II was born 5th...
- Harold
4 days ago · This is the family tree for monarchs of England (and Wales after 1282) ... King Sweyn Forkbeard 963–1014 King of the English r. 1013–1014: Gunhild of Wenden:
5 days ago · CHAPTER XXXIX. SAXON LONDON. A Glance at Saxon London—The Three Component Parts of Saxon London—The First Saxon Bridge over the Thames—Edward the Confessor at Westminister—City Residences of the Saxon Kings—Political Position of London in Early Times—The first recorded Great Fire of London —The Early Commercial Dignity of London—The Kings of Norway and Denmark besiege London in ...
6 days ago · The sister of Viking leader, Sweyn Forkbeard was one of those killed. Forkbeard increased the raids and attacks on England and by 1013 had conquered most of England. Sweyn proclaimed himself King of England in December 1013 and Aethelred and his young family fled to Normandy. It is believed that Edmund Ironside and his brothers remained in England.
3 days ago · THE DANES. SCARCE was the kingdom of Kent free from the miseries of civil war and intestine squabbles, and the consequence of them, before a new source of evil broke out, which ceased not till it had overwhelmed the whole nation. This was the invasion of the Danes, an antient and numerous people, whom the Saxon Chronicle makes the same with the ...
5 days ago · Adam of Bremen is said to have visited the court of Danish King Sweyn II (r. 1047–1076), who gave him access to a wealth of information, which he used in his impressive work Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiae pontificum. In it, he provides a broad overview of all Scandinavian rulers up to his contemporary times, including Olof Skötkonung.
2 days ago · In mid-1013, Sven Forkbeard, King of Denmark, brought the Danish fleet to Sandwich, Kent. From there he went north to the Danelaw, where the locals immediately agreed to support him. He then struck south, forcing Æthelred into exile in Normandy (1013–1014). However, on 3 February 1014, Sven died suddenly.
