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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.		'''Sweyn Forkbeard''' (963 – 1014) was the King of [[Denmark]] from c. 986 until his death, King of the [[England\|English]] for the 5 weeks leading up to his death, and King of [[Norway]] from c. 986 until 995 and again from 1000 until his death.<ref>{{WP\|Sweyn Forkbeard}}</ref>

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

	==Appearances==		==Appearances==

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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.		'''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.
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|death = 3 February 1014<br>
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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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