Svend I "Forked Beard" Sweyn King of Denmark 
Svend I "Forked Beard" Sweyn was born in 0960 in Denmark. Svend I "Forked Beard" Sweyn's father was Harald "The Blue Tooth" King of Denmark and his mother is Gunhild Queen of Denmark. His paternal grandparents were Gorm the Old King of Denmark and Thyre "Danebod" Queen of Denmark. He had a half-sister named Thyra Haraldsdattar. He died in Gainsborough, England.General Notes
Sweyn I, in Danish, Svend I, called Sweyn Forkbeard (960?-1014), king of Denmark (985?-1014). He made an expedition against England in 994 and extorted a large amount of tribute money. Following a massacre of Danes in England in 1002, he conducted a further series of raids and in 1013 led an invasion with the object of effecting a permanent conquest. The fall of London and the flight of the English king Ethelred II to Normandy (Normandie) early in 1014 made Sweyn master of the country. After his death the throne of England eventually passed (1016) to his son Canute II.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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- b.0814 in Hord, Denmark
- b.0840 in Denmark d.0940 in Jellinge, Denmark
- b.0818 in Denmark
- b.0910 in GORMSSON, <BORN: 910 d.BET. 985 - 1 NOV 987 in probably Denmark
- b.0844 in Denmark d.0935 in Jellinge, Denmark
- b.0960 in Denmark d.2 FEB 1013/14 in Gainsborough, England
- b.0930 in Denmark
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Svend I "Forked Beard" Sweyn and Queen of Sweden, Norway and Denmark were married in a religious ceremony before 0997 in Poland or Denmark. They had a son and a daughter, named Canute II King Of and Estrid.
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