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Sweyn Forkbeard
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Sweyn Forkbeard (d. 1014), king of Denmark (
c.985–1014), king of England (1013–14). For 20 years before 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard was involved in heavy raiding against England. Attacks intensified after 1004, some said in revenge for the murder of his sister Gunnhild during the massacre of
St Brice's Day, 1002. His principal effort came in 1013 when, accompanied by his son
Cnut, he invaded England through the Humber and the Trent, setting up his base at Gainsborough, where he was recognized as king by most of Anglo‐Danish England. He then moved south where Oxford and Winchester surrendered immediately and when London finally submitted towards the end of the year, Æthelred was forced to flee to Normandy. For five or six weeks Sweyn was thus in control of all his newly conquered kingdom of England, but on 3 February 1014 he died at Gainsborough.
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Event for real ale lovers.
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Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK); 11/24/2007; 700+ words
; ...Book it was called Suindune, derived either from the Anglo-Saxon words swine and dun, meaning pig hill, or Sweyn's hill, where Sweyn was the local landlord. The first recorded market in the town was held in 1259. Only last month, the 21st...
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Thank-you gift by doctor's widow.(News)
Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 9/6/1999; 425 words
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Newspaper article from: St Louis Post-Dispatch (MO); 7/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...she's going to learn from us," he said. Swansea in Wales is thought to have been established by Vikings as a trading post at the mouth of the River Tawe around the year 1000 and given the name Sweyn's Ey, or "the island of Sweyn."
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
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Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
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Sweyn Forkbeard
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Sweyn Forkbeard (d. 1014), king of Denmark...x2013;14). For 20 years before 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard was involved in heavy raiding against...flee to Normandy. For five or six weeks Sweyn was thus in control of all his newly conquered...
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Sweyn
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Sweyn I
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
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