King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … 960–1014

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King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I …, 960–1014 (aged 54 years)

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King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I …

Name: King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I //
Name prefix: King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014)
Given names: Sweyn I
Nickname: Forkbeard

Sex Male

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Baptism: 960 60 Death: 986 Unique identifier: E4239333AB382E419E31AD7A46860D23110D Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Haakon … King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … Gunhild … Queen of Norway Tyra (Tyri or Thyra ) Haraldsdotter Gunnora … de Crepon King of Denmark Harald II Bluetooth … 960–986 Baptism: 960 60 Death: 986
brother	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Haakon … …–… Death:
himself	Links Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Divorce: Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Burial: after 3 February 1014 — Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gunhilda … Gytha … Harald … Cnut (Canute) … Gunhilda Sveynsdottir Family with spouse Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda Estrid Sweynsdotter … King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … 960–1014 Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
sister	Links Death: 1002 Unique identifier: 43CED8849DFAB140BA6899B32D762DEC1F23 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Palig … Jarl Gunhild … …–1002 Death: 1002
sister	Links Death: 18 September 1000 Unique identifier: 3119818B2BFD28468F83D4AFCBD4A9FDC6F4 Unique identifier: EDA572356FA5414CAFB8D1BB4EB3A6EF6382 Unique identifier: A51C5741D3003640BC1770980965DCE6AD4D Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Styrbjörn Olofson Thorgil (Torkel or Torgils) Sprakling (Sprakalägg or Styrbjörnsson) Gytha Styrbjornsdotter … Family with spouse Mjeczislas … Duke of Poland Family with spouse Olaf I Tryggvason Queen of Norway Tyra (Tyri or Thyra ) Haraldsdotter …–1000 Death: 18 September 1000
sister	Links Death: 1031 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Richard I … Duke of Normandy (942-996) Richard II … Duke of Normandy (996-1027) Mauger … Earl of Corbeil Robert … Count of Evreux, Archbishop of Rouen Matilda (Maud) … of Normandy Emma … of Normandy Hedwig … Godfrey (Geoffrey) … Count of Brionne and Eu Gunnora … de Crepon …–1031 Death: 1031

Family with Gunhilda …
himself	Links Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Divorce: Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Burial: after 3 February 1014 — Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gunhilda … Gytha … Harald … Cnut (Canute) … Gunhilda Sveynsdottir Family with spouse Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda Estrid Sweynsdotter … King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … 960–1014 Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
ex-wife	Links Divorce: Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … Gytha … Harald … Cnut (Canute) … Gunhilda Sveynsdottir Gunhilda … …–… Death:
Divorce	Divorce — —
daughter	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gytha … …–… Death:
son	Links Death: 1018 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Harald … …–1018 Death: 1018
son	Links Birth: between 985 and 995 35 — Denmark Death: 12 November 1035 — Shaftesbury, Dorset, England Burial: after 12 November 1035 — Winchester, Hampshire, England Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ælfgifu … Svegn … King of Norway Harold (Harald) I … Family with spouse Emma … of Normandy King of Denmark (1035-1042) and England (1040-1042) Harthacnut (Knud III Hardeknud) … Gunhild … Cnut (Canute) … 985–1035 Birth: between 985 and 995 35 — Denmark Death: 12 November 1035 — Shaftesbury, Dorset, England
daughter	Links Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gunhilda Sveynsdottir …–… Death:

Family with Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda
himself	Links Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Divorce: Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England Burial: after 3 February 1014 — Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Gunhilda … Gytha … Harald … Cnut (Canute) … Gunhilda Sveynsdottir Family with spouse Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda Estrid Sweynsdotter … King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … 960–1014 Birth: about 960 0 — Denmark Death: 3 February 1014 — Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
partner	Links Birth: about 950 30 — Sweden Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … Estrid Sweynsdotter … Family with spouse Eric (Erik) Segersäll The Victorious Olof Skötkonung Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda 950–… Birth: about 950 30 — Sweden Death:
daughter	Links Birth: Denmark Death: Unique identifier: 1B3469542F47A249ADB2057856CF0ACC4445 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Ulf Jarl Sweyn … Bjorn … Earl in England Osbjorn … Estrid Sweynsdotter … …–… Birth: Denmark Death:

Eric (Erik) Segersäll The Victorious + Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda
partner’s partner	Links Birth: about 945 78 — Sweden Death: about 995 — Uppsala, Uppsala County, Uppland, Sweden Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda Olof Skötkonung Eric (Erik) Segersäll The Victorious 945–995 Birth: about 945 78 — Sweden Death: about 995 — Uppsala, Uppsala County, Uppland, Sweden
partner	Links Birth: about 950 30 — Sweden Death: Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse King of Denmark (986-1014), England (1013-10-14) & Norway (986-995 and 999-1014) Sweyn I … Estrid Sweynsdotter … Family with spouse Eric (Erik) Segersäll The Victorious Olof Skötkonung Sigríð (Sigrid) Storråda 950–… Birth: about 950 30 — Sweden Death:
partner’s son	Links Birth: 980 35 30 — Sweden Death: 1021 Unique identifier: 10B2B7E5B97E6643B49FD03557B77A7B9950 Links Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Queen of Sweden Estrid (or Astrid) … of the Obotrites Ingegerd (also Irene) Olofsdotter of Sweden Olof Skötkonung 980–1021 Birth: 980 35 30 — Sweden Death: 1021

Events of close relatives
Birth	about 960 0 Denmark
Divorce	Gunhilda … — View this family yes
Death of a father	King of Denmark Harald II Bluetooth … 986
Birth of a son	Cnut (Canute) … between 985 and 995 Denmark
Death of a sister	Queen of Norway Tyra (Tyri or Thyra ) Haraldsdotter 18 September 1000
Death of a sister	Gunhild … 1002
Birth of a daughter	Estrid Sweynsdotter … Denmark
Death	3 February 1014 (aged 54 years) Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
Burial	after 3 February 1014 (0 days after death) Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark Address: Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark.
Last change	11 December 2022 – 12:40:36 Author of last change: Danny

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Note	In English, Sweyn I. 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 ?helred II to Normandy early in 1014 made Svegn master of the country. After his Death the throne of England eventually passed (1016) to his son Canute II.

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In English, Sweyn I. 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 ?helred II to Normandy early in
1014 made Svegn master of the country. After his Death the throne of
England eventually passed (1016) to his son Canute II.

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