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Geva Knudsson King of Denmark
(Abt 0840-Abt 0940)
Thyre "Danebod"
(Abt 0844-Abt 0935)
Harald "the Blue Tooth" Gormsson King of Denmark
(Abt 0910-0987)
Gyrid Olafsdottir
(Abt 0930-)
Svend I "Forked Beard" King of Denmark, Norway and England
(Abt 0960-1014)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Swietoslava

Svend I "Forked Beard" King of Denmark, Norway and England 1

  • Born: Abt 960, Denmark
  • Marriage (1): Swietoslava in 998
  • Died: 2 Feb 1014, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England about age 54
  • Buried: Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark

   Another name for Svend was Sveyn "Forkbeard."

  Research Notes:

From Wikipedia - "Sveyn Forkbeard . Born about 960. Usually given as the son of Harald and Gyrid, though it is said in some of the older sagas that he was an illegitimate son."


Svend married Swietoslava, daughter of Mieszko Prince of Poland and Dbubravka Princess of Bohemia, in 998. (Swietoslava was born about 970 in <Poznan, Poznan>, Poland and died after 2 Feb 1014.)

Sources

1 <i>http://www.familysearch.org</i>, Cit. Date: 26 Jul 2009.

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