Sweyn I Forkbeard HARALDSON 
Sweyn I Forkbeard was born in 0960. Sweyn I Forkbeard's father was Harold II Blaatand Bluetooth GORMSON and his mother was Thora or Tofa. His paternal grandparents were Gorm the Old ERIKSON and Thyri Thyre Danebod; his maternal grandfather was Mistawri. He had a brother and three sisters, named Haakon Hkon, Gunnora of Denmark Gunnor, Thyra and Beatrice. He died at the age of 54 on February 3rd, 1014 in Gainsborough,Lincolnshire,England.General Notes
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DATE ABT 0987
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DATE 1014
OCCU King of Denmark
ALIA byname SWEYN FORKBEARD, Danish SVEND TVESKAEG, Norwegian SVEIN TJUGESKJEGG, or TVISKJEGG
ALIA Swen Widlobrodyi, kr. DaniiMerged General Note: In English, Sweyn I. He made an expeditionagainst England in 994 and extorted a large amount of tributemoney. Following a massacre of Danes in
England in 1002, heconducted a further series of raids and in 1013 led an invasionwith the object of effecting a permanent conquest. The fall ofLondon and the flight of the English king Æthelred II
toNormandy early in 1014 made Svegn master of the country. Afterhis death the throne of England eventually passed (1016) to hisson Canute II.Ref Number: 9125259780===========================Sweyn
I,byname SWEYN FORKBEARD, Danish SVEND TVESKAEG, Norwegian SVEINTJUGESKJEGG, or TVISKJEGG (d. Feb. 3, 1014, Gainsborough,Lincolnshire, Eng.), king of Denmark (c. 987-1014), a leadingViking warrior
and the father of Canute I the Great, king ofDenmark and England. Sweyn formed an imposing Danish North Seaempire, establishing control in Norway in 1000 and conqueringEngland in 1013, shortly
before his death.The son of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth (Bltand), Sweynrebelled in 987 against his father, who fled to Wendland (inGermany). Sweyn began feuding with Olaf I after the
latter'saccession to the Norwegian throne in 995, and he allied with theSwedish king Olaf Sktkonung and with the Norwegian Erik, theearl of Lade. The three allies defeated Olaf I in the Battle
ofSvolder about 1000, with Sweyn becoming virtual ruler of Norway,although nominally sharing sovereignty with his allies. Sweynthen turned again to England, leading apparently punitiveexpeditions in
1003 and 1004 in retaliation for the St. Brice'sDay massacre of Danes in England on Nov. 3, 1002.Sweyn did not again return to England until 1013, when he led ahighly successful campaign and was
accepted as king throughoutthe country, forcing Ethelred II into exile; but he died lessthan a year later. Although Norway returned (1014-16) toNorwegian rule under the leadership of Olaf II
Haraldsson,Sweyn's Anglo-Danish empire continued under his son and grandsonuntil 1042.Related Propaedia TopicsThe History of MankindCopyright (c) 1996 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. All
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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.~ 0814 in Hord,Jutland,Denmark d.0850
- d.0854
- b.~ 0818 in Denmark
- d.0883
- b.0860 in Abt 840 of Denmark d.0941 in Abt 940 Gormshoj,Jelling,Vejle,Denmark
- b.~ 0806 in 0790Wessex,England d.13 JAN 857 in Stamridge,England
- b.~ 0845 in Wantage,Berkshire,England d.Apr 0871 in 23 Apr 872
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex,England d.0846
- b.~ 0870
- b.~ 0910 in Denmark 0960 d.1 NOV 987 in Jumne,Denmark
- b.~ 0844 in Denmark d.0910 in Monument at Jellinge
- b.0960 d.03 Feb 1014 in Gainsborough,Lincolnshire,England
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Sweyn I Forkbeard and Sigrid the Proud were married in a religious ceremony about 0996. They had a daughter named Estrith Margaret of Denmark.
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Children
Estrith Margaret of Denmark SWEYNSDOTTER
Estrith Margaret of Denmark was born about 0967 in Denmark. She died on May 9th.
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