Sweyn forkbeard

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King Harald Bluetooth was a great Viking warband leader. And so was his son, Sweyn "Forkbeard" Haraldsson. Sweyn Forkbeard was the one that killed his father to seize the throne and later became the Danish King of England.

King Sweyn Forkbeard (Old Norse: Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg) is King Canute's father. King Forkbeard overthrew his father, Harald Bluetooth, and Norway's King Olaf Triggvason, laying the foundation for the North Sea Empire his son King Canute dreams of creating. Sweyn Forkbeard arrives in London to rule in his son's place while Canute returns to Denmark to fight off the Wends who have attacked. Forkbeard holds his first assembly with the nobles. Earl Sigeferth approaches Forkbeard in an…

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On this day, 997 years ago: 1014: 'After many cruel atrocities, which he perpetrated both in England and in other lands, the tyrant Swei...

“Sveinn Fork-beard, king of the Danes and the English, died on the campaign trail at Gainesburg (Gainsborough, Lincolnshire) #OTD in 1014, and was buried at York. The Danes said that he fell off his horse, the English that he was slain by the vengeful spirit of St Edmund.”

In this blog post, we are to discover Viking kings who achieved a lot in their time. Check to this blog post to find out

The biggest mistake that King Aethelred made during his reign was listening to his noblemen. One small mistake can ruin everything in one moment [...]