- Sweyn Forkbeard
- King Svend of Denmark
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Sweyn Forkbeard
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Sweyn Forkbeard — Sweyn I Forkbeard Old Norse: Sveinn Tjúguskegg Danish: Svend Tveskæg Norwegian: Svein Tjugeskjegg Swedish: Sven Tveskägg King of Denmark, Norway, and England King of Denmark … Wikipedia
Sweyn I — or Sweyn Forkbeard died Feb. 3, 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, Eng. King of Denmark (с 987–1014) and Viking conqueror of Norway and England. He rebelled against his father, Harald Bluetooth (987), chasing him from Denmark. With Swedish and… … Universalium
Sweyn I — [sven; svān] (also Sven [sven]) (died 1014), king of Denmark c.985 1014; known as Sweyn Forkbeard. From 1003, he launched a series of attacks on England, finally causing Ethelred the Unready to flee to Normandy at the end of 1013. Sweyn then… … Useful english dictionary
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