AthelingSweyn Estrithson
King of Denmark. 1019 to 1076.
What is known, and how well
| Fact | Value | Certainty |
|---|---|---|
| Birth | 1019 | Year |
| Death | 1076 | Year |
| Parents | Not recorded | |
| House | House of Denmark | |
| Realm | Denmark | |
| How sure we are | High | Of this record as a whole |
In brief
Sent a fleet to the Humber in 1069 that took York with the northern English, then accepted payment to leave in 1070.
Events
- The Danes and the north take York
Sweyn’s fleet in the Humber joins Edgar, Waltheof, and the Northumbrians against the Norman garrison.
With Sweyn, Edgar, Waltheof, William - The harrying of the north
William winters in Yorkshire and destroys the means of life across the north.
With William, Sweyn
What is uncertain
- Parentage is not recorded here.
Related people
Sources
Where this is recorded
- The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Avalon Project)
- Orderic Vitalis, The Ecclesiastical History of England and Normandy, trans. Thomas Forester
- Symeon of Durham, Historia Regum, in Symeonis Monachi Opera Omnia, ed. Thomas Arnold, Rolls Series, 1882 to 1885
- The Chronicle of Florence of Worcester, trans. Thomas Forester
Named in the record
- Domesday Book
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