Individual Details

Svend I HARALDSON

(Abt 960 - 2 Feb 1014)

He was a Viking leader and the father of Cnut the Great. On his father Harald Bluetooth's death in late 986 or early 987, he became King of Denmark; in 1000, with allegiance of the Trondejarl, Eric of Lade, he was ruler over most of Norway. After a long effort at conquest, and shortly before his death, in 1013 he became the first of the Danish Kings of England.

Events

BirthAbt 960Denmark
Death2 Feb 1014Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England

Families

SpouseSwietoslava (970 - 1014)
ChildEstrid SVENDSDATTER (997 - )
ChildCnut "the Great" DE CREPON King (995 - 1035)
FatherHarald "Bluetooth" GORMSSON (910 - 987)
MotherGyrithe OLAFSDOTTER Queen Denmark (915 - 1002)
SiblingHerbastus DE CREPON (911 - )
SiblingGunnora DE CREPON (936 - 1031)
SiblingThyra HARALDSDATTER (947 - 1000)
SiblingGunhilde GORMSSON ( - 1002)
SiblingHaakon GORMSSON (961 - )