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• Also known as Sweyn "Forkbeard" King of /Denmark/.
• First name Sven (Sweyn) "Forkbeard" King Denmark &.
• He was born about 0948 in Denmark.
• (Ruled ) in 1013-1014 (England).Source 4
• (Ruled ) in 985-1014 (Denmark).Sources 5, 6
• He died on February 3, 1013/1014 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England.Source 7
• A child of Harald I Bluetooth King Of Denmark and Som-Asa
• This information was last updated on April 5, 2023.

Household of Sven (Sweyn) "Forkbeard" King Denmark & (Sven (Sweyn) "Forkbeard" King Denmark &) England

(1) He is married to Sigrid "The Haughty" Storrada.

They got married after 0985 at 2nd husband 2nd wife.

Child(ren):

1. Thyra Svendsdottir  ± 988-???? 
2. Astric (Margaret) Princess of Denmark  ± 990-± 1024

(2) He is married to Gunnhild of Poland.

They got married after 0994.

Child(ren):

1. Canute "The Great" King of England  ± 995-1035 
2. Gyda Svendsdottir  ± 996-???? 
3. Estrid Svensdottir  ± 997-???? 

Notes about Sven (Sweyn) "Forkbeard" King Denmark & (Sven (Sweyn) "Forkbeard" King Denmark &) England

The following article from Encyclopaedia Britannica does not emphasizethe fact, as the same encycopedia has when listing the "Sovereigns ofGreat Britain" that Sweyn or Svend was King of England from 1013-1014.

Sweyn I, byname SWEYN FORKBEARD, Danish SVEND TVESKAEG, Norwegian SVEINTJUGESKJEGG, or TVISKJEGG (d. 3 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,England), king of Denmark (c 987-1014), a leading Viking warrior and thefather of Canute I the Great, king of Denmark and England. Sweyn formedan imposing Danish North Sea empire, establishing control in Norway in1000 and conquering England in 1013, shortly before his death.

The son of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth (Blatand), Sweyn rebelled in987 against his father, who fled to Wendland (in Germany). Sweyn beganfeuding with Olaf I after the latter's accession to the Norwegian thronein 995, and he allied with the Swedish king Olaf Skotkonung and the theNorwegian Erik, the earl of Lade. The three allies defeated Olaf I inthe Battle of Svolder about 1000, with Sweyn becoming virtual ruler ofNorway, although nominally sharing sovereignty with his allies. Sweynthen turned again to England, leading apparently punitive expeditions in1003 and 1004 in retaliation for the St Brice's Day massacre of Danes inEngland on 3 Nov 1002.

Sweyn did not again return to England until 1013, when he led a highlysuccessful campaign and was accepted as king throughout the country,forcing Ethelred II into exile; but he died less than a year later.Although Norway returned (1014-16) to Norwegian rule under the leadershipof Olaf II Haraldsson, Sweyn's Anglo-Danish empire continued under hisson and grandson until 1042. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]

Note: The above text gives Sweyn's father as Harald "Bluetooth" (c 910 -987), while the chart for the Ancestry of the British Royal House (UnitedKingdom) clearly shows Sweyn's father as Harald II King of Norway (livingc 935 - c 970), son of Erik I Bloodaxe (d. 954). Clearly one or theother (probably the chart) is in error.

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