Editing Sweyn Forkbeard

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|birth = 17 April 963<br>[[Denmark|Kingdom of Denmark]]
|death = 3 February 1014<br>
{{Wiki|Gainsborough, Lincolnshire|Gainsborough}}, [[Lincolnshire]], [[Kingdom of England]]
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|affiliate = {{Wiki|House of Denmark}}
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'''Sweyn Forkbeard''' (963 – 1014) was the King of [[Denmark]] from c. 986 until his death, King of the [[England|English]] for the five weeks leading up to his death, and King of [[Norway]] from c. 986 until 995 and again from 1000 until his death.

==Biography==
Arriving on the shores of England in 1013, Sweyn refused King [[Æthelred the Unready|Æthelred]]'s usual bribes and instead dethroned him, claiming the English crown for himself. His son, [[Cnut]], was heir to his vast empire though did not inherit any of the three kingdom's directly after his father's death.<ref>''[[Echoes of History|Echoes of History: Vikings]]'' – Episode 5: The Dawn of a New Era</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}

==References==
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|title=King of Denmark
|years=c. 986 – 1014
|before=[[Harald Bluetooth]]
|before-years=c. 958 – c. 986
|after={{Wiki|Harald II of Denmark|Harald II}}
|after-years=1014 – c. 1018
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{{Succession box
|title=King of Norway
|years=c. 986 – 995
|before=Harald Bluetooth
|before-years=c. 970 – c. 986
|after={{Wiki|Olaf Tryggvason}}
|after-years=995 – 1000
}}
{{Succession box
|title=King of Norway
|years=1000 – 1014
|before=Olaf Tryggvason
|before-years=995 – 1000
|after={{Wiki|Olaf II of Norway|Olaf II}}
|after-years=1015 – 1028
}}
{{Succession box
|title=King of the English
|years=1013 – 1014
|before=[[Æthelred the Unready]]
|before-years=978 – 1013
|after=Æthelred the Unready
|after-years=1014 – 1016
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