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Sweyn Estridsson Ulfsson (Old Norse:
Sveinn Ástríðarson, Danish:
Svend Estridsen; c. 1019 – 28
April 1076) was King of
Denmark (being
Sweyn II) from 1047...
- 1076 to 1080.
Harald III was an
illegitimate son of
Danish king
Sweyn II
Estridsson, and
contested the
crown with some of his brothers. He was a peaceful...
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death of his
brother Canute IV the Holy. He was a son of king
Sweyn II
Estridsson, and the
third of Sweyn's sons to rule. He
married Ingegard, the daughter...
- The
House of
Estridsen was a
dynasty that
provided the
kings of
Denmark from 1047 to 1412. The
dynasty is
named after its
ancestor Estrid Svendsdatter...
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Denmark in 1101.
Canute was born c. 1042, one of the many sons of
Sweyn II
Estridsson by an
unknown mistress. He is
first noted as a
member of Sweyn's 1069...
- king
Sweyn Estridsson in a
major naval battle at Niså that
resulted in
Norwegian victory. In 1066,
after concluding peace with
Sweyn Estridsson,
Harald set...
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Hardrada and,
after falling out with Harald, was then made an Earl by
Sweyn Estridsson, King of Denmark,
which may have been
another recommendation for the match...
- death, his
kingdom was
split between Harald Hardrada in
Norway and
Sweyn Estridsson in Denmark.
Magnus was an
illegitimate son of King Olaf
Haraldsson (later...
- high-born or well
known than the father, a
historical example being Sweyn Estridsson. In Iceland,
patronymics or
matronymics are
still used as last names,...
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disorder with a
power struggle between the
pretender to the
throne Sweyn Estridsson, son of Ulf, and the
Norwegian king,
until the
death of
Magnus in 1047...
