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Name: Svend I Tveskæg
English Name: Sweyn Forkbeard Birth: Around 960 Child of: Harald Bluetooth Reign: 986-February 3, 1014 (Denmark) 999- February 3, 1014 (Norway) 1013-February 3, 1014 (England) Marriage: 1) Gunhild of Poland. 2) Sigrid Storråde Children: With Gunhild: Canute the Great, Harald 2. With Sigrid: Estrid Svendsdatter (Mother of Svend Estridsen). Death: February 3, 1014 Throne passed to: Denmark: Harald 2. Norway 1st time: Olav Trygvasson Norway 2nd time: Olav Digre England: Ethelred II Notes: Battle of Svolder around yr. 1000, came out as victor. First buried in York Minister, later transferred to Roskilde Cathedral.
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