Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King of Denmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I.
Sweyn Knutsson (1016–1035), son of Cnut the Great.
Sweyn II of Denmark (1019–1074/76), King of Denmark
Sweyn the Crusader (1050–1097), son of Sweyn II
Svend Tronkræver (d. 1104), son of Sweyn II, potential claimant to Danish throne
Sweyn III of Denmark (1125–1157), King of Denmark
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Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson (Old Norse: Sveinn Ástríðarson, Danish: Svend Estridsen; c. 1019 – 28 April 1076) was King ofDenmark (being Sweyn II) from 1047...
Sweyn III Grathe (Danish: Svend III Grathe; c. 1125 – 23 October 1157) was the king ofDenmark between 1146 and 1157, in shifting alliances with Canute...
SweynofDenmark may refer to: Sweyn Forkbeard (960–1014), King ofDenmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I. Sweyn Knutsson (1016–1035), son of Cnut the...
split between Harald Hardrada in Norway and Sweyn Estridsson in Denmark. Magnus was an illegitimate son of King Olaf Haraldsson (later St. Olaf), by his...
few years in the 970s. Some sources say his son Sweyn Forkbeard forcibly deposed him from his Danish throne before his death. Harald's name is written...
III ofDenmark abdicated and a civil war erupted. Valdemar was a possible contender to the throne. The other pretenders to the throne were: Sweyn III...
the Holy. He was a son of king Sweyn II Estridsson, and the third ofSweyn's sons to rule. He married Ingegard, the daughter of Harald Hardråde, but did...
of Styrbjörn Starke, prince of Sweden. Tyra was daughter of the Danish king Harald Bluetooth and thus a sister to King Sweyn Forkbeard. She was first married...
with Magnus's rival in Denmark (Magnus had also become king ofDenmark), the pretender Sweyn II ofDenmark, raiding the Danish coast. Magnus, unwilling...
1018) was King ofDenmark (being Harald II) from 1014 until his death in c. 1018. He was the youngest son ofSweyn Forkbeard and Gunhild of Wenden, and was...
Sweyn the Crusader (Danish: Svend Korsfarer); c. 1050 – 1097 at Philomelium (modern-day Akşehir, Turkey) was a Danish crusader. Sweyn was born in Denmark...
Magnussen (Danish: Knud V Magnussen) (c. 1129 – 9 August 1157) was a King ofDenmark from 1146 to 1157, as co-regent in shifting alliances with Sweyn III and...
known as Eric the Good (Danish: Erik Ejegod), was King ofDenmark following his brother Olaf I Hunger in 1095. He was a son ofSweyn II. His mother's identity...
aspects of Adam of Bremen's account of the conquest ofDenmark by Hardegon, son ofSweyn from Norway, with the later Danish conquest of England by Sweyn Forkbeard...
King Sweyn II ofDenmark. There is little information about Gyda;[citation needed] our main source being the German ecclesiastic chronicler Adam of Bremen...
and Danish Viking Age queen consort, the supposed spouse of 10th-century King Sweyn I ofDenmark (c. 960–1014). The sources about the wife or wives of Sweyn...
c. 1042, one of the many sons ofSweyn II Estridsson by an unknown mistress. He is first noted as a member ofSweyn's 1069 raid on England, and the Anglo-Saxon...
of his half-brothers were in turn crowned Danish kings. Harald was born around 1040. Son of King Sweyn II, Harald took part in Sweyn's 1069 raid of England...
Denmark (Danish: Danmark, pronounced [ˈtænmɑk] ) is a Nordic country in the south-central portion of Northern Europe. It is the metropolitan part of and...
to have been wife of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, sought as wife by Olaf Tryggvasson, then married to Sweyn Forkbeard ofDenmark, but elsewhere author...
popularly invoked in the context of the legend of King Canute and the tide. Cnut was a son of the Danish prince Sweyn Forkbeard, who was the son and heir...
second phase of the war was fought between the son of Magnus the Strong, Canute V ofDenmark, the son of Eric II ofDenmark, Sweyn III ofDenmark, and his...
as Sweyn I Sweyn or Svein Knutsson (c. 1016–1035), King of Norway as Sweyn II Sweyn II ofDenmark (1019–1076), King ofDenmark Blot-Sweyn or Sweyn the...
Great's nephew Sweyn II, king ofDenmark (r. 1047–1076), and maintained by later Danish kings until as late as the 13th century, but neither of the two realised...
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