Sveyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson King of Denmark (Abt 960-1014)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Gunhilda of Poland Sveyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson King of Denmark 1 Born: Abt 960 1 Marriage: Gunhilda of Poland about 995 1 2 Died: 3 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England about age 54 1 Buried: Roskilde Cathedral, Copenhagen, Denmark 1   General Notes: Sveyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson, King of Denmark and England succeeded to the title of King Sveyn I of Denmark on 1 November 986. He was deposed as King of Denmark in 987. He succeeded to the title of King Sveyn I of Denmark in 1000. He gained the title of King Sveyn I of England in 1013. [source: thePeerage.com] Sveyn married Gunhilda of Poland, daughter of Mieszko I of Poland Duke of Poland and Dubrawka of Bohemia, about 995.1 2 (Gunhilda of Poland was born in 967 2 and died after 1014 3.)

1 Lundy, Darryl, "The Peerage.com - A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of England as well as the Royal Families of Europe" (http://www.thepeerage.com rev. 12 Mar 2006), Citing: Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 24-26.

2 Nygaard, Ken, "Ketil Ken Nygaard's Genealogy" (http://nygaard.howards.net/).

3 Lundy, Darryl, "The Peerage.com - A Genealogical Survey of the Peerage of England as well as the Royal Families of Europe" (http://www.thepeerage.com rev. 12 Mar 2006), Citing: Alison Weir, Britain's Royal Family: A Complete Genealogy (London, U.K.: The Bodley Head, 1999), page 25.