Sweyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson KING OF DENMARK

Abt 960 - 1014  (~ 54 years)

• Name	Sweyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson KING OF DENMARK
  Nickname	Otto
  Birth	Abt 960
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Feb 1014	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England
  Burial	Roskilde Cathedral, Denmark
  Person ID	I6498	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Harold II 'Bluetooth' Gormsson KING OF DENMARK,   b. Blauzahn, Germany d. Jomsborg, Denmark
  Mother	Gunhilda OF SWEDEN,   b. Abt 925   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F25217	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	Harold II 'Bluetooth' Gormsson KING OF DENMARK,   b. Blauzahn, Germany d. Jomsborg, Denmark
  Mother	Gyrid OLARSDOTTIR
  Family ID	F25532	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sigrid 'the Haughty' Storrade OF SWEDEN,   b. 967, Sweden d. 1014 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Abt 994
  Children	1. Canute II KING OF ENGLAND & DENMARK   d. 1014   2. Thyra OF DENMARK   3. Santslaue OF DENMARK + 4. Estrith Svendsdatter OF DENMARK,   b. Abt 967, Denmark d. Aft 9 May 1032 (Age ~ 65 years)   5. Gunhilda OF DENMARK,   b. 970   d. Yes, date unknown   6. Harald III OF DENMARK,   b. 989   d. 1018 (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F25529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Histories

  Sagas of Olaf & Harald (16MB PDF) www.archive.org

  
  

• Notes

  Swengen ruled as King of Denmark from 991 until his death at Gainsborough, England in 1014, when he was on one of his annual raiding expeditions to that county.