Sweyn I of Denmark

Swein Forkbeard was King of Denmark from c. 986 and briefly King of England from December 1013. He was also overlord of Norway c. 986 – c. 994 and from c. 1000. He married the sister of Boleslaw, ruler of Poland, and had three known children by her: King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut of England, and Estrid, the mother of Sweyn Estridsson, who became king of Denmark in 1047. Swein also had a daughter by an earlier liaison, Gytha, whose son Hakon Eriksson was born in 998.

Occupation

ruler

Position held

monarch of Denmark, monarch of England, Monarch of Norway, Monarch of Norway

Citizenship

Kingdom of Denmark

Born

April 17, 963

Died

February 3, 1014