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Sweyn Forkbeard
Sweyn Forkbeard
(
Old Norse
:
Sveinn Tjúguskegg
;
Danish
:
Sven Tveskæg
; 960 – 3 February 1014) was
king of Denmark
,
England
, and parts of
Norway
. His name appears as
Swegen
in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
. He was the son of King
Harald Bluetooth
of Denmark, and the father of
Cnut the Great
.
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