Sweyn 
Sweyn's father was Jarl Ulf and his mother is Estrid Princess of Denmark. His paternal grandparents are Thorgils "Spakaleg" Styrjornsson and Mrs. Sirgrid Styrjornsson; his maternal grandparents were Svend I "Forked Beard" Sweyn King of Denmark and Queen of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. He had a brother named Biorn. He died in 1075.General Notes
Sweyn II (?-1075), king of Denmark (1047-1075). Sweyn II was the son of Jarl (Earl) Ulf and Astrid (Estrith), the daughter of Sweyn I and sister of Canute II. He was born in England and lived in Sweden after the murder of his father by Canute II in 1027.
In 1042, upon the death of Hardecanute, king of Denmark, the Danish nobles chose Sweyn as king over Magnus I, king of Norway, who had seized the Danish throne. Sweyn fought Magnus’s successor, Harald III, from 1047 to 1064 for control of Denmark.
In 1069 Sweyn sent a fleet to England to support the Anglo-Saxon rebels against William the Conqueror. In the following year he went to England himself, but soon made terms with William and withdrew his troops.
Sweyn’s accomplishments include his collaboration with Archbishop Adalbert of Bremen in securing independence for the Danish church. Sweyn is remembered especially for his knowledge of geography and history. He entertained the German chronicler Adam of Bremen, whose notes on Scandinavian affairs contained in his History of the Bishops of Hamburg (written 1070?-1075) may be traced largely to Sweyn.
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- b.0867 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0950 in probably Sweden
- b.0885 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0903 in BORN : 903 d.0985 in Fyrisval, Sweden
- b.0886 in of Sweden, < born 886
- b.0970 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0840 in Denmark d.0940 in Jellinge, 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.0947 in QUEEN OF NORWAY, < BORN 947 d.18 Sep 1000 in Norway
- b.0885 in Uppsala, Sweden
- b.0905 in QUEEN OF DENMARK, < BORN 905
- b.0886 in of Sweden, < born 886
- b.0993 in Halland, Sweden d.29 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark
- b.0971 in Halland, Sweden
- d.1075
- 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
- b.0997 in Denmark
- b.0865 in Poznan, Poland d.0921 in Poland
- b.0892 in Poznan, Poland d.< 0964 in probably Poland
- b.0869 in Poznan, Poland
- b.~ 0922 in Poznan,Poland d.25 MAY 992 in Poland?
- b.0896 in Poznan, Poland
- b.0970 in Pozan, Poland d. in England?
- b.0877 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.13 FEB 920/21
- b.0900 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.15 JUL 967
- b.0881 in Praha, Czechoslovakia d.0937
- b.0931 in Praha,Czechoslovakia d.0977 in Poland?
- b.0901 in Praha, Czechoslovakia
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