Sveyn I Forkbeard Haraldsson, King of Denmark^[1]

Abt 960 - 1014  (~ 54 years)

• Name	Sveyn I Forkbeard Haraldsson
  Suffix	King of Denmark
  Birth	Abt 960	Denmark
  Gender	Male
  Acceded	1 Nov 986
  _FSFTID	LC5N-68W
  _FSLINK	https://familysearch.org/tree/#view=ancestor&person=LC5N-68W
  Death	2 Feb 1014	Gainsborough, Lincoln, England
  Burial	Roeskild Cathedral, Denmark
  Notes	Acceded: 1 NOV 986 King of England 1013-1014. King of Denmark 986-987 and 1000-1014. http://www.hull.ac.uk/php/cssbct/cgi-bin/gedlkup.php/n=royal?royal01776 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_Forkbeard
  Person ID	I4670	Glenn Cook Family
  Last Modified	5 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Harald I Bluetooth Gormsson, King of Denmark,   b. Abt 910, Blauzahn, Germany d. 1 Nov 986, Jomsborg (Age ~ 76 years)
  Mother	Gyrid of Sweden Olafsdottir   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F2626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Gunhilda of Poland   d. Abt 1015
  Marriage	Abt 990
  Divorce	1000
  Children	1. Gytha Sveynsdottir   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Harald III of Denmark Sveynsson, King of Denmark   d. 1019   3. Canute II The Great Sveynsson, King of England,   b. Abt 995, Denmark d. 12 Nov 1035, Shaftesbury, Dorset, England (Age ~ 40 years)   4. Gunhilda Sveynsdottir   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thyra Sveynsdottir,   b. Abt 993, Denmark d. 1018 (Age ~ 25 years)
  Family ID	F2620	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2006

  
  

  Family 2	Sigrid the Haughty,   b. Sweden d. Bef 1013
  Marriage	Abt 996
  Divorce	Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Svantoslava   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Estrith (Margaret) of Denmark Svendsdatter,   b. Abt 967   d. 9 May
  Family ID	F1359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jun 2013

  
  

• Photos		Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, Norway, and England
  		Norway 1000 AD The map shows the division of Norway after the Battle of Svolder according to Heimskringla. Eirik Hákonarson ruled the purple area as a fief from Svein Forkbeard. The yellow area was held by his half-brother, Svein, as a fief from Olaf the Swede while the red area was under direct control of Svein Forkbeard.

  
  

• Sources

  [S36] Brian Tompsett, Dept of Computer Science, University of Hull, England(B.C.Tompsett@dcs.hull.ac.uk), Directory of Royal Genealogical Data, (This work is Copyright b 1994-2002 Brian C Tompsett).