Swein Forkbeard

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Sources

1. BookThe Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
2. BookThe Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

Relations

parent of:

• Cnut

  Sources: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

child of:

• Harald Bluetooth

  Sources: The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings, Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings

enemy of:

• Æthelred the Unready1013 O.S. – 1014 O.S.

  Sources: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

• Olaf Tryggvason1000 O.S.

  Sources: Heimskringla: History of the Kings of Norway, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

conquered:

• Kingdom of England1013 O.S. – 3 Feb 1014 O.S.

  Sources: The Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Vikings

Appears in3 items

• 
  The Viking Age3 items
  • England’s second Viking age980 CE O.S.
  • 
    Battle of Svolder1000 O.S.
  • Sweyn Forkbeard takes England1013 O.S.