Monthly Archive: August 2025

Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England

Sweyn Forkbeard: birth c.960/crowned King of Denmark 986; King of England for five weeks in 1013; King of Norway 999-1014/death 1014Spouse(s): Świętosława/Sigrid/GunhildHouse: Knýtlinga/Father, Knut Danaást or Harald Bluetooth/Mother, Tove or GunhildChildren: Harald II of Denmark,...

Kings & Queens of England: 1/8: The Saxons Get the Savagery Started is the first in a series of eight videos providing an overview of the lives and the interesting and scandalous stories of the Kings and Queens of England. This video covers the early Anglo Saxon kings and the conquering Viking kings of Denmark up to the Norman conquest of 1066. Kings included are Alfred the Great, Edward the Elder, Æthelstan, Edmund I, Eadred, Eadwig, Edgar the Peaceful, Edward the Martyr, Æthelred the Unready, Sweyn Forkbeard, Edmund Ironside, Cnut, Harold Harefoot, Harthacnut, and Edward the Confessor.

Monthly Archive: August 2025

Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England

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