King Svend Ulfsson II of Denmark 
Svend was born about 1020 in England. Svend's father was Earl Ulf Thorgilsson and his mother was Princess Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter of Denmark. His paternal grandfather was Jarl Thorkil Bjornsson and his paternal grandmother is Sigrid ("Sprakling") Haraldsdottir; his maternal grandparents were King Svend ("Forked Beard") Haraldsson I and Princess Gunhilda of Poland. He had two brothers named Biorn and Asbjorn. He died on April 29th, 1076 in Soderup, Abenraa, Denmark. He was buried in Hellige-Trefolg, Roskilde, Denmark.General Notes
Occ BET. 1046 - 1076 Konge ud Danmark
Sweyn II ESTRIDSEN, Danish SVEND ESTRIDSEN, Norwegian SVEIN ESTRIDSSON (b. c 1020, Denmark - d. 28 April 1074, Denmark), king of Denmark (1047-74) who ended a short period of Norwegian domination (1042-47).
The son of Ulf, a Danish earl, and Estrid, a sister of Canute I the Great, Sweyn fled to Sweden after his father was murdered in 1027 on orders of Canute. After the death of Canute (1035), when Hardecanute was ruling in Denmark and Magnus in Norway, the young kings agreed that whoever lived longer would rule both countries. Under this agreement Magnus became king also of Denmark in 1042 [when Hardecanute died] and appointed Sweyn viceroy. While Magnus was fighting the Wends (Slavs) in 1043, Sweyn, who was favoured by the Danish nobles, was proclaimed king, provoking a war over the Danish throne with Magnus and then with his successor, Harald III Hardraade (reigned 1045-1066).
Although Sweyn's forces were continually defeated, Harald's troops were mainly interested in plunder and failed to conquer Denmark. The two rulers recognized each other as sovereign in their respective countries in 1064 while Harald was preparing to attack England. Strengthened by Harald's death in 1066, Sweyn sponsored a successful Danish attack on England in 1069, aiding Anglo-Saxon rebels against William I the Conqueror. Although the Danish forces achieved a favourable position, Sweyn, by an agreement with William I in 1070 withdrew his troops.
On returning to Denmark, Sweyn worked to free the Danish Christian church from control by the archbishop of Bremen and by the English church, and he cooperated with Pope Gregory VII. Knowledgeable in history and geography, Sweyn was Adam of Bremen's main source on Scandinavian affars in the latter's valuable "Gesta Hammaburgensis ecclesiaue pontificum" (c. 1070-75; "History of the Archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen"). Five of Sweyn's sons succeeded to the throne, and his dynasty (the Valdemars) reigned for 300 years. [Encyclopaedia Britannica]
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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.~ 0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0950
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0903 in Sweden d.0985/0986 in Fyrisval, Uppsala, Sweden
- b.ABT 0858/0871 in Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0945 in Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden d.29 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark
- b.> 0840 in Denmark d.0936/0940 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg
- b.~ 0844 in Denmark d.~ 0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0947 in Denmark d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0905 in Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0993 in Halland, , Sweden d.29 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, , Denmark
- b.ABT 0814/0840 in Hord, Jutland, Denmark d.0884
- b.> 0840 in Denmark d.0936/0940 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg
- b.0800 d.0844 in Walcheren
- b.~ 0844 in Denmark d.~ 0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0971 in Halland, Sweden
- b.~ 0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0950
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0905 in Sweden
- b.ABT 0858/0871 in Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 1020 in England d.29 Apr 1076 in Soderup, Abenraa, Denmark
- b.ABT 0814/0840 in Hord, Jutland, Denmark d.0884
- b.> 0840 in Denmark d.0936/0940 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany d.01 Nov 0986 in Jomsborg
- b.0800 d.0844 in Walcheren
- b.~ 0844 in Denmark d.~ 0935 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0960 in Denmark d.02 Feb 1014 in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
- b.~ 0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.~ 0950
- b.~ 0885 in Sweden
- b.~ 0905 in Sweden
- b.ABT 0858/0871 in Sweden
- b.~ 0886 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.~ 0997 in Denmark d.09 May
- b.0865 in Poznan, Poland d.0921
- b.~ 0892 in Poznan, Poland d.< 0964
- b.~ 0922 in Poznan, Poland d.25 May 0992
- b.ABT 0896/0910 in Poznan, Poznanskiego, Poland
- b.~ 0970 in Poznan, Poland d.>02 Feb 1014
- b.~ 0877 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.13 Feb 0921
- b.~ 0900 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.15 Jul 0967
- b.ABT 0875/0881 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.0927/0937
- b.~ 0931 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.0977
- b.ABT 0901/0905 in Praha, Czechoslovakia
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Svend and Gytha were married in a religious ceremony about 1030. They had a son named "the Staller".
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Children
Thane Eadnoth ("the Staller") Hardinge of Gloucester
Eadnoth, known as "the Staller", was born in 1030 in England. He died due to killed at the age of 38 in 1068 in Gloucestershire, England.
Svend and Rannveig were married in a religious ceremony in 1041. They had a son named "the Evergood".
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Children
King Erik ("the Evergood") Svendsson I of Denmark
Erik, known as "the Evergood", was born about 1053 in Slangerup, Frederiksborg, Denmark. He died on July 10th, 1103 in Baffa, Isle Of Cyprus .
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