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About Sweyn I of Denmark
Swein Forkbeard was King of Denmark from c. 986 and briefly King of England from December 1013. He was also overlord of Norway c. 986 – c. 994 and from c. 1000. He married the sister of Boleslaus, ruler of Poland, and had three known children by her: King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut of England, and Estrid, the mother of Sweyn Estridsson, who became king of Denmark in 1047. Swein also had a daughter by an earlier liaison, Gytha, whose son Hakon Eriksson was born in 998.
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- ruler
- Position held
- monarch of Denmark, monarch of England, Monarch of Norway, Monarch of Norway
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Born
- April 17, 963
- Died
- February 3, 1014