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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.
- 986–1014
- Tove or Gunhild
- Knut Danaást or Harald Bluetooth
- Harald II
Jun 8, 2020 · Sweyn Forkbeard, England’s shortest reigning king, is killed by King Edmund the Saint. Illustration from The Life of King Edward the Confessor in a manuscript from around 1250. (Public domain) As a result of Sweyn’s sudden death, the empire that he created disintegrated almost immediately.
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Feb 2, 2014 · He died at Gainsborough in 1014, in his fifties, according to one report after a fall from his horse. He was buried at York, the capital of the Danelaw, but perhaps for fear that Ethelred might return from abroad and have the corpse destroyed it was dug up and taken to Denmark where Svein was finally interred.
Dec 25, 2023 · 25 December 2023. By David McKenna,BBC News. British Library. Legend has it Sweyn Forkbeard was killed by the ghost of St Edmund. Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn...
Dec 25, 2013 · One popular theory is he was murdered by the ghost of St Edmund, who was himself killed by Sweyn's Viking predecessors. It is said that he returned from the grave in the dead of night...
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Dec 25, 2023 · Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn Forkbeard was apparently murdered in his bed. The weapon was allegedly a spear. But the killer?
Sweyn was proclaimed king on Christmas Day 1013, but his reign lasted for a matter of weeks; he died suddenly at his capital, Gainsborough in Lincolnshire, on February 3rd 1014. Sweyn was buried in England and his body was later removed to Roeskild Cathedral in Denmark.
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