[citation needed] Gunhilde. The contemporary Peterborough Chronicle (part of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle) states: before the month of August came king Sweyn with his fleet to Sandwich. The Latinized name as given in the medieval Danish chronicles is Haraldus Gormonis filius (Harald, Gorm's son). Cnut and his sons, Harold Harefoot and Harthacnut, ruled England over a combined 26-year period (1016–1042). He was the son of King Gorm the Old and of Thyra Dannebod. A painting and text about Forkbeard. "[15], As noted above, Harald's father, Gorm the Old, had died in 958, and had been buried in a mound with many goods, after the pagan practice. Opes 21:53, 7 April 2006 (UTC) The way you have it now is good. Jan 31, 2016 - Explore Seonaid O'Riada's board "sweyn forkbeard" on Pinterest. Ulf and Estrith's son would become King Sweyn II of Denmark in 1047. In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized the throne. [18], 11th-century King of Denmark, England, and Norway, "King Sweyn" and "Sweyn of Norway" redirect here. Harald's rule as king of Norway following the assassination of King Harald Greycloak of Norway was more tenuous, most likely lasting for no more than a few years in the 970s. However, he returned as king for two years after Sweyn's death in 1014. Sweyn's daughter, Estrid Svendsdatter, was the mother of King Sweyn II of Denmark. "The armies of Swein Forkbeard and Cnut: leding or li(th)", https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205808/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2, Northvegr (Scandinavian) – A History of the Vikings (Search), Vikingworld (Danish) – Swein Forkbeard (Svend Tveskæg), Sweyn Forkbeard: The Viking King of England, List of English words of Old Norse origin, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweyn_Forkbeard&oldid=1001197390, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles with unsourced statements from November 2020, Wikipedia articles with SELIBR identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 18 January 2021, at 17:37. Sweyn married the widow of Erik, king of Sweden, named "Gunhild" in some sources,[8] or identified as an unnamed sister of Boleslav, ruler of Poland. "Harald Gormson, king of Danes, Scania, Jumne, [in] Bishopric of Aldinburg [de]". Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson (Old Norse: Haraldr Gormsson;[2] Danish: Harald Blåtand Gormsen, died c. 985/86) was a king of Denmark and Norway. Forkbeard is never known to have officially made use of this Christian name. [12] This may have been a reason for Adam of Bremen's apparent hostility in his accounts of Sweyn; by accentuating English ecclesiastical influence in his kingdom, Sweyn was effectively spurning the Archbishop of Bremen. Sweyn also exhausted England in annual raids and was finally accepted as king of that country, but he died shortly thereafter. He overthrew his father and took the throne of king of the Danes (c. 987). 968/72 - d. ca. He was born around 960AD during the time that Scandinavian countries were at wars. He had reigned for less than a year. The Norse sagas present Harald in a rather negative light. [5] Clac Harald appears to be a confusion of Harald Bluetooth with the legendary or semi-legendary Harald Klak, son of Halfdan. He died soon afterwards. It is believed that these objects belonged to Harald's family.[11]. [16] On Christmas Day 1013 Sweyn was declared King of England. He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter.. Sweyn acquired massive sums of Danegeld through the raids. Born about 960. The son of Alfred and Elswitha, Edward the Elder, re-conquered all the Viking held territories, except York, and ruled as King of England. His son Canute would go on to create a Nordic empire after his … When Styrbjörn brought this fleet to Uppsala to claim the throne of Sweden, Harald broke his oath and fled with his Danes to avoid facing the Swedish army at the Battle of Fýrisvellir. 1140), alongside the alternative nickname Clac Harald. However, the English nobility sent for Æthelred, who upon his return from exile in Normandy in the spring of 1014 managed to drive Cnut out of England. [12] According to 12th-century Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in his work Gesta Danorum, Poppo performed his miracle for Harald's son Sweyn Forkbeard after Sweyn had second thoughts about his own baptism. He may, however, have lost control over his Norwegian claims following his defeat against a German army in 974. [13] Harald himself converted to Catholicism after a peace agreement with the Holy Roman Emperor. Cnut, son of Sweyn Forkbeard, was not born to be king but when his brother, Harald II, King of Denmark, offered to back his invasion of England, he gathered his men and set sail. In 986 A.D. Sweyn Forkbeard, who was known for his navigational expertise, revolted against his father, King Bluetooth, and eventually became his successor. "The Danish Empire and the End of the Viking Age", Lund, Niels (1986). However, Sweyn's preference for the English church may also have had a political motive, because German bishops were an integral part of the state. "Harald king". "[8] A sixth Trelleborg of similar design, located at Borgeby, in Scania, has been dated to about 1000 and may have been built by King Harald and a second fort named Trelleborg is located near the modern town of Trelleborg in Scania in present-day Sweden, but is of older date and thus pre-dates the reign of Harald Bluetooth. Sweyn Forkbeard (/svɛn/;[citation needed] Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg;[1] Danish: Svend Tveskæg; c. 960 – 3 February 1014) was king of Denmark from 986 to 1014. Harald was driven into exile and died shortly afterwards in November 986 or 987.[2]. (2001). 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