Svend I (Sweyn 
Svend I was born in 0965 in Denmark.1 Svend I's father was Harald III Bluetooth' King Of Denmark and his mother was Gyrithe Olafsdotter. His paternal grandparents were GORM The and Thyri Klacksdottir; his maternal grandparents were Olof "Mitkg" Bjornsson King of Sweden and Ingeberg Thrandsdotter. He had three brothers and four sisters, named Svend I (Sweyn, Eric, Håkon, Sigrid, Thyra, Awelina Sweden and Gunhild. He had a half-sister named Tyre. He died in Gainsborough, Linconshire, England. He was buried in Roeskild Cathedral, Denmark.1 1 General Notes
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2 SOUR S332582
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4 TEXT Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004
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I wish I was sure of every name in this file & that I didnt
need to know what you think :) hey, but always refining this,
So if you spot a place where Im just flat wrong please tell
me or someone I didnt go on out with, I do this file out of fun and wanting to know, but do not
respond to the 'know it alls' , that dont have manners.I dont
consider them Kin!
Thanks and Happy Hunting!
GIVN Sveyn I Forkbeard
SURN HARALDSSON
NSFX King
BAPM
PLAC Reigned England 1013-1014
1 UPDA
2 DATE 1 NOV 986
2 PLAC Acceded in Denmark
King of England, Norway & Denmark
He built his North Sea empire through conquest and marriage. In 978 he seized
his father's kingdom of Denmark and began making raids on England, often
demanding protection payments. In 1000 he attacked Norway and became ruler. Two
years later Ethelred, the King of England, fearing that Sweyn's empire would
overrun his kingdom, ordered that the Danes settled in England be massacred.
This order was impracticable in many areas where Danes had strongholds but
where the policy was carried out the consequences were terrible. Among the
Danes massacred at Oxford was Sweyn's sister Gunnhild, and Sweyn's resolve to
rule England was hardened. The Massacre of St Brice's Day turned support from
Ethelred and the king executed many who expressed pro-Danish sympathies. Sweyn
enjoyed several early successes at Oxford and Winchester but was unable to
seize London despite frequent attempts in 994. By late 1013, however, he had
devastated fifteen counties and driven Ethelred from England but died early the
next year following a fall from his horse. He had two sons; Harold 1V of
Denmark and Canute, later to be king of England.
DATE 4 FEB 2000
TIME 12:23:17
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0818
- b.~ 0835 d.~ 0890
- b.~ 0855 d.~ 0899
- b.~ 0835
- b.~ 0890 in in Danmark d.~ 0945 in in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Danmark
- b.~ 0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 856/57 in Stambridge, Esssex, England
- b.~ 0830 in Wantage, Berkshire, England d.23 APR 871 in Wantage, Berkshire, England
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.~ 0848 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0856 in Wessex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0840 d.Deceased
- b.0910 in Denmark d.1 NOV 987 in Jomsborg
- b.~ 0800 d.0844 in battle at Walcheran
- b.~ 0820
- b.~ 0800 in XX
- b.~ 0876
- b.~ 0820 in XX
- b.~ 0890 in Denmark d.0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.0965 in Denmark d.2 FEB 1013/14 in Gainsborough, Linconshire, England
- b.0796 in Sweden
- b.0814 in Sweden
- b.0832 in Sweden d.0900
- b.0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0905 in , , , Sweden
- b.0871
- b.0886 in Uppsala
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Svend I and Gunhild of were married in a religious ceremony in 0990.1
Family Notes
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1 _FA1
2 DATE 1000
2 SOUR S332582
3 DATA
4 TEXT Date of Import: 14 Jan 2004
1 _MEND Divorce
Svend I and Sigrid Storrada Skoglar Testedotter "The were married in a religious ceremony in 0996.1 They had a son and three daughters, named Canute I "the Great", Estrith Margaret of, Thyre and Svantoslava.
Family Notes
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1 _MEND Divorce
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_FREL Natural
_MREL Natural
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Children
Canute I "the Great" Denmark, England & Norway
Canute I "the Great" was born in 0995 in Denmark.1 He died at the age of 40 on November 12th, 1035 in Shaftesbury, England. He was buried in Winchester.1 1
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