Infobox UK school name Sweyne Park School image size latitude 51.595525 longitude 0.598705 dms dms motto motto pl established 1997 approx closed c approx type Comprehensive school Comprehensive religion president head label Headteacher head Mr Andy Hodgkinson r head label r head chair label chair founder founder pl specialist Science College street Sir Walter Raleigh Drive city Rayleigh, Essex Rayleigh county Essex country England postcode SS6 9BZ LEA Essex ofsted yes urn 131110 staff enrollment 1288 gender Coeducational lower age 11 upper age 16 houses colours publication free label 1 free 1 free label 2 free 2 free label 3 free 3 website http www.sweynepark.com website name Sweyne Park School is a coeducational , state school situated in Rayleigh, Essex Rayleigh , Essex , England . It has mixed gender students from the ages 11 through to 16 years old. The school was formed in September 1997 following the amalgamation of Sweyne and Park schools. The current headteacher is Mr Andy Hodgkinson MA Oxon who took the position in 2006, following the death of Kate Spiller B.Ed., M.A. due to long term illness. Kate Spiller was highly respected within the school and her profession, she is widely accredited as playing the leading role in securing the school s success since its formation in 1997. Awards Artsmark Gold Award 2008 , first awarded in 2001 Specialist Science School 2003 ref name schwebsite http www.sweynepark.com Sweyne Park Website Bot generated title ref Investors in Excellence ref name schwebsite International School Award 2005 2008 ref name schwebsite Artsmark Silver 2005 , first awarded in 2001 ref name schwebsite DfES Leading Edge School ref name schwebsite DfES Training School Status 2003 ref name schwebsite Investors in People Award 1999 ref name schwebsite Cambridge University Partner School ref name schwebsite School Curriculum Award 2000 ref name schwebsite University of London Institute of Education Award ref name schwebsite References Reflist Schools in Essex ... more details
that the name of Swainswick is derived from Sweyn Forkbeard c. 960 3 February 1014 , who ... the Laud Manuscript . The chronicles tell that Then went King Sweyne thence to Wallingford and so ... the western thanes with him, and all submitted to Sweyne, and gave hostages. When he had thus settled ... more details
King Sweyn may refer to Sweyn Forkbeard 960 1014 , King of Denmark, England, and Norway as Sweyn I. Sweyn Knutsson 1016 1035 , King of Norway as Sweyn II. Sweyn II of Denmark 1019 1074 76 , King of Denmark Sweyn III of Denmark 1125 1157 , King of Denmark See also Swain surname Sven Svend Sveinn hndis Sweyn, King ... more details
The Ceremony of Innocence is a 1970 television movie adaptation of the play by the same name which depicts a highly fictionalized account of the events leading up to Sweyn Forkbeard s invasion of England in AD 1013 . The script was written by Ronald Ribman and the film was directed by Ken Rockefeller and Arthur Allan Seidelman . Cast Richard Kiley as thelred the Unready Ernest Graves actor Ernest Graves as Sweyn Forkbeard John Horn actor John Horn as Edmund Ironside Elizabeth Hubbard as Emma of Normandy James Broderick as Susse Larry Gates as Earl of Ken Robert Gerringer Howard Green as Thorkil David Gwillim William Hickey actor William Hickey as Abbo Jessie Royce Landis as lfthryth, wife of Edgar Gilmer McCormick as Gunhilde Princess Thulja See also List of historical drama films External links imdb title 0205808 The Ceremony of Innocence DEFAULTSORT Ceremony of Innocence Category Films set in the 11th century Category 1970 films Category Films set in England Category Films set in the Viking Age Category Films based on actual events ... more details
Clan. Its leader, Tilsted The Grey , was one of Sweyn Forkbeard s most beloved chieftains. ref ... years later in 994, Sweyn Forkbeard and Olaf Trygvason returned to lay siege to London. Though the raid ... than to take whatever booty they could plunder. Tilsted stayed loyal to Sweyn Forkbeard and died in 1013, after having sailed up the rivers Humber and Trent with Sweyn Forkbeard and his son ... more details
Infobox royalty Monarch name Harald II title King of Denmark image Harald 2 ukendt kunstner 1685.jpg imgw 160px reign 1014 1018 coronation predecessor Sweyn I of Denmark Sweyn I Forkbeard successor Cnut the Great spouse issue royal house royal anthem father Sweyn I of Denmark Sweyn I Forkbeard mother Gunhild of Wenden birth date birth place death date 1018 death place place of burial Harald II of Denmark died 1018 was King of Denmark from 1014 until his death in 1018. ref name kongehuset http kongehuset.dk lineage.php?id 58197&dogtag k dk monarkiet kongeraek&list id 1 Konger kken at Monarchy of Denmark The Danish Monarchy ref He was the eldest son of Sweyn I of Denmark and Gunhild of Wenden Gunhilda , ref name bricka Carl Frederik Bricka Bricka, Carl Frederik , Dansk Biografisk Lexikon , vol. VII Hansen Holmsted , 1893, p.73. http runeberg.org dbl 7 0075.html Available online ref and was regent while his father was fighting Ethelred the Unready in England . He inherited the Danish throne in 1014, and held it while his brother, the later king Cnut the Great conquered England. ref name gyldendal http www.denstoredanske.dk Danmarks geografi og historie Danmarks historie Danmark f C3 B8r Reformationen Harald 2?highlight Harald 202. Harald 2. at Gyldendals bne Encyklop di ref After his death in 1018, he was succeeded by Cnut the Great. Little detail is known about Harald II. ref name kongehuset References references s start s reg s bef before Sweyn I of Denmark Sweyn Forkbeard s ttl title List of Danish monarchs King of Denmark years 1014 1018 s aft after Canute the Great end Monarchs of Denmark Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Harald 02 Of Denmark ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1018 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Harald 02 Of Denmark Category Danish monarchs Category Viking Age monarchs Category 1018 deaths Category 11th century rulers in Europe Category Year of birth unknown Category Roman Catholic monarch ... more details
Taxobox name Phycid hakes image Phycis blennoides.jpg image width 240px image caption Greater forkbeard , Phycis blennoides regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis Actinopterygii ordo Gadiformes familia Phycidae subdivision ranks Genera subdivision Phycis br Urophycis br See text for species. Phycidae is a family of hake s in the order Gadiformes . They are native to the Atlantic Ocean , but the juveniles of some species enter estuary estuaries . ref FishBase family family Phycidae month February year 2006 ref Joseph Nelson classifies this family as the subfamily Phycinae of the cod family, Gadidae . ref cite book author Joseph S. Nelson title Fishes of the World publisher John Wiley & Sons isbn 0 471 54713 1 ref Species There are eleven species in two genera. Genus Phycis Greater forkbeard , Phycis blennoides small Morten Thrane Br nnich Br nnich , 1768 small . Longfin hake , Phycis chesteri small George Brown Goode Goode & Tarleton Hoffman Bean Bean , 1879 small . Forkbeard , Phycis phycis small Carolus Linnaeus Linnaeus , 1766 small . Genus Urophycis Brazilian codling , Urophycis brasiliensis small Johann Jakob Kaup Kaup , 1858 small . Red hake , Urophycis chuss small Johann Julius Walbaum Walbaum , 1792 small . Gulf hake , Urophycis cirrata small George Brown Goode Goode & Tarleton Hoffman Bean Bean , 1896 small . Carolina hake , Urophycis earllii small Tarleton Hoffman Bean Bean , 1880 small . Southern codling , Urophycis floridana small Tarleton Hoffman Bean Bean & Dresel, 1884 small . Urophycis mystacea small Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 small . Spotted codling , Urophycis regia small Johann Julius Walbaum Walbaum , 1792 small . Image Urophycis regia.jpg thumb 240px Spotted codling , Urophycis regia White hake , Urophycis tenuis small Mitchill, 1814 small . References references External links eol 5497 Category Phycidae Gadiformes stub af Phycidae de Gabeldorsche es Phycidae fr Phycinae it Phycinae lt Si lapelek s v g l s nl Oost Atlantische gaffelkabeljauwen ... more details
, Sweyne, Suen , son of Robert FitzWimarc . These names are commemorated today in Rayleigh in the naming of the two secondary schools Sweyne Park School and FitzWimarc School . Later Medieval Period ... St towards the Church. Rayleigh has two secondary schools Sweyne Park School , formed by the amalgamation of the Sweyne and Park schools, and FitzWimarc School . It also has seven primary schools Rayleigh ... s play areas, accessed from Bull Lane. Sweyne Park is controlled by Rochford District Council. It is situated north of Sweyne Park School. Image Sweyne park sign.jpg thumb It can be accessed in several .... ref cite web url http www.geograph.org.uk photo 585025 title Sweyne Park Pond OS grid TQ7991 Geograph ... is in Sir Walter Raleigh Drive near Sweyne School. It was built in the 1950s when Rayleigh expanded ... more details
Pallig ref Palling, Palnig, Palne. ref died 1002 was a Denmark Danish chieftain. He was recruited to help Ethelred II , ref http www.headington.org.uk history famous people ethelred.htm , http www.users.on.net jackr history ethelred.html , Barbara Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages 1995 , p. 134. ref and was made Jarl title Jarl or Ealdorman of Devon shire. He is said to have been killed in the St. Brice s Day massacre , along with his wife Gunhilde , daughter of Harald I of Denmark ref http fmg.ac Projects MedLands DENMARK.htm Denmark Bot generated title ref and sister of Sweyn Forkbeard . Sweyn s invasions from 1002 may have been partly in revenge for the murder of his sister. An alternative version is that Pallig deserted the service of King thelred the Unready thelred in 1001, and that the massacre was partly thelred s revenge. ref Ryan Lavelle, Aethelred II King of the English , The History Press, 2008, pp. 104 105 ref Notes references Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Pallig ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1002 PLACE OF DEATH Category 1002 deaths Category Danish people Category Year of birth unknown Category People from Devon Denmark bio stub da Pallig Tokesen fa sv Pallig Tokesen ... more details
Royal house surname House of Denmark coat of arms File Sweyn.jpg 180px Sweyn Forkbeard The Founder of the Dynasty. country Kingdom of England , Kingdom of Denmark , Kingdom of Norway , Kingdom of Sweden parent house titles nowiki nowiki List of monarchs of England King of England Kings of Denmark King of Denmark Kings of Norway King of Norway Kings of Sweden King of Sweden founder Sweyn Forkbeard final ruler Harthacnut 1020 1042 Harthacnut current head founding year 1013 dissolution 1042 nationality Danish people Danish English people English cadet branches Sweyn II of Denmark House of Estridsen The House of Denmark refers to the Denmark Danish List of English monarchs kings of England , who ruled England from 1013 to 1014 and 1016 to 1042. In 1013 Sweyn Forkbeard , already the List of Danish monarchs king of Denmark and of Norway , overthrew King thelred the Unready of the House of Wessex . Sweyn had first invaded England in 1003 to avenge the death of his sister Gunhilde and many other Danes in the St. Brice s Day massacre , which had been ordered by thelred in 1002. Sweyn died in 1014 and thelred was restored. However in 1015 Sweyn s son, Cnut the Great , invaded England. After thelred died in April 1016, his son Edmund Ironside briefly became king, but was forced to surrender half of England to Cnut. After Edmund died in November that same year, Cnut became king of all England. Although Cnut was already married to lfgifu of Northampton , he married thelred s widow, Emma of Normandy . He ruled until his death in 1035. After his death another of thelred s sons, Alfred Aetheling , tried to retake the English throne, but he was betrayed and captured by Godwin, Earl of Wessex , who supported Cnut s son, Harold Harefoot . Alfred was blinded, and died soon after. Harold ruled until 1040, although his mother lfgifu may have ruled during part of his reign. ref Frank ... is regarded as the end of the Viking Age . List of Danish kings of England Sweyn Forkbeard , 1013 ... more details
Infobox royalty image Cnut the Great Obverse.jpg caption Coin of Cnut the Great from the British Museum File Knutrike.png thumb right Cnut the Great s domains, in red. The House of Kn tlinga English language English House of Cnut s Descendants were a ruling royal house in Middle Age Scandinavia and Kingdom of England England . Its most famous king was Cnut the Great , who gave its name to this dynasty . Harthacnut II, Sweyn Forkbeard Cnut s father , Harold Harefoot , and Svein Knutsson were also members. In 1018 AD, the House of Kn tlinga brought the crowns of England and Denmark together under a personal union . At the height of its power, in the years 1028 1030, the House reigned over Denmark , Kingdom of England England , Norway , and parts of Sweden . After the death of Cnut the Great s heirs within a decade of his own and the Norman conquest of England in 1066, the legacy of the Kn tlinga was largely lost to history. See also House of Denmark Kn tlinga saga Denmark hist stub Category Viking Age monarchs Category Danish monarchs Category Norwegian monarchs Category English monarchs Category Roman Catholic monarchs Category Scandinavian history ... more details
coord 52.475 0.825 display title region GB scale 20000 Norse sagas recorded a battle at Hringmaraheior Old English language Old English Hringmere h , modern name Ringmere Heath . ref name WHS Citation last Stevenson first W. H. authorlink title Notes on Old English Historical Geography journal The English Historical Review volume 11 issue 42 pages 301 304 publisher location date Apr. 1896 url http books.google.com books?id bnwQAAAAYAAJ&printsec frontcover&source gbs ge summary r&cad 0 v onepage&q&f false issn accessdate 20 May 2011 ref The sack of Thetford, Norfolk Thetford occurred in 1004 in England 1004 . Sigvatr r arson Sigvat records the victory of Ethelred the Unready King Ethelred , allied with Olaf II of Norway Saint Olaf , ref name Heim cite book last Snorri Sturluson Sturlason first Snorre title Heimskringla or the Lives of the Norse Kings publisher Kessinger Publishing year 2004 page 225 url http books.google.com books?id ZTVjwf2ZPGYC&printsec frontcover&source gbs ge summary r&cad 0 v onepage&q&f false isbn 0766186938 Edited with notes by Erling Monsen ref over the Danes under Sweyn Forkbeard during the latters Sweyn Forkbeard Ruler of England campaigns in England . The Battle site was located in lands under the control of Ulfketel, Thane of East Anglia Ulfketel , Thane of East Anglia , at a site once thought to be near Wretham ref name Heim , but now thought to be at Rymer in Suffolk. ref cite journal last Briggs first Keith title The battle site and place name Ringmere journal Notes and Queries year 2011 month December volume 256 issue 4 pages 491&ndash 492 url http nq.oxfordjournals.org content 58 4 491.extract publisher Oxford University Press OUP accessdate 13 January 2012 ref The Anglo Saxon Chronicle reports that Ulfcytel Snillingr Ulfketel Ulfcytel and the councillors in East Anglia attempted to buy a truce with Swein, but that the Danes broke the truce and marched to Thetford, Norfolk Thetford where a part of the East Anglian fyrd engaged th ... more details
otheruses Gunhild Gunhilde or Gunnhild died 13 November 1002 is said to have been the sister of Sweyn Forkbeard , King of Denmark , and the daughter of Harald Bluetooth . She was married to Pallig , a Dane who served the King of England , thelred the Unready , as ealdorman of Devon shire. ref name CMG She had one son, Toke Trylle , later known as Toke Trylle Palneson Hvide, best known as the father of Skjalm Hvide , the founder of the Hvide Clan. She is supposed to have been a hostage in England when she was killed in the St. Brice s Day massacre , ordered by thelred. Pallig is reported alternatively to have been killed in the massacre ref name CMG http fmg.ac Projects MedLands DENMARK.htm Toc196361198 Medieval Lands Project, Denmark, Kings ref or to have provoked the massacre by deserting thelred s service. ref name Lavelle Ryan Lavelle, Aethelred II King of the English , The History Press, 2008, pp. 104 105 ref Historians are divided about the strength of the evidence that she was Sweyn Forkbeard s sister. She is not mentioned in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography entries for Sweyn ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 26830?docPos 1 Sweyn, Oxford Online DNB ref and thelred, ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8915?docPos 2 thelred, Oxford Online BNB ref and Ryan Lavelle is sceptical of the reliability of the later medieval sources, such as the chronicle of John of Wallingford , which mention her. ref name Lavelle ref The http fmg.ac Projects MedLands DENMARK.htm Toc196361198 Medieval Lands Project describes her as Sweyn s sister, but states that the primary source for the statement has not been identified. ref However, Frank Stenton described the claim as a well recorded tradition , and considered that a desire to avenge her death was probably a principal motive for Sweyn s invasion of England in 1003 ref Frank Stenton , Anglo Saxon England , Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 380 ref , leading to the eventual conquest of England ... more details
Sweyn Forkbeard who had already been feuding with Olaf. Swein had sent his sister Tyri to marry the Wends ... had married Sweyn Forkbeard after having spurned Olaf Trygvasson. Contemporary chroniclers There is scant ... of Boleslaw I of Poland married Sweyn Forkbeard and gave him two sons, Canute the Great and Harold ... more details
of king Sweyn Forkbeard and his son Canute the Great Cnut . After the death of Sweyn, and the English ... of oaths of allegiance given by the English nobles after his father Forkbeard s conquest. If it was Thorkell ... Invasion, but he later aligns himself with Prince Canute in an effort to dethrone Sweyn Forkbeard . References ... more details
Eadwig theling sometimes also known as Eadwy or Edwy died c. 1017 was the fifth of the six sons of King thelred the Unready and his first wife, lfgifu of York lfgifu . ref http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8502?docPos 4 M. K. Lawson, Edmund II , Oxford Online Dictionary of National Biography, 2004 ref Eadwig is recorded as a witness to charters from 993. ref http www.pase.ac.uk pdb?dosp VIEW RECORDS&st PERSON NAME&value 7507&level 1&lbl Eadwig Prosopography of Anglo Saxon England , Eadwig 11 ref When Sweyn Forkbeard conquered England in 1013, thelred fled to Normandy, but Eadwig, who had previously rarely been associated with his elder brothers, thelstan theling thelstan and Edmund Ironside Edmund , remained behind with them in England. ref Pauline Stafford , Queen Emma & Queen Edith , Blackwell, 2001, p. 223 ref Sweyn died in February 1014, and thelred was restored to the throne. thelstan died in June 1014 and thelred in April 1016, leaving Edmund and Sweyn s son Cnut the Great Cnut to dispute the throne. In October 1016 Cnut and Edmund agreed to divide England between them, but Edmund died a month later, leaving Cnut as undisputed king. Eadwig, who was now the last surviving son by his father s first marriage, was exiled in 1017, but he returned and was murdered by Cnut, possibly after attempting to rally resistance in the south west. ref Stafford, op. cit., pp. 225 26 ref The Anglo Saxon claim to the throne then passed to the elder son of thelred s second marriage, the future Edward the Confessor . See also House of Wessex family tree References reflist Persondata NAME Aetheling, Eadwig ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Anglo Saxon royalty DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1017 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Aetheling, Eadwig Category 1017 deaths Category Anglo Saxon royalty fr Eadwig theling ... more details
The Jarl title Jarls of Lade, Trondheim Lade Ladejarler or Old Norse language Old Norse Hla ir were a dynasty of Norwegian rulers, who ruled Tr ndelag and H logaland from the 9th century to the 11th century. ref http www.snl.no Ladejarler Ladejarler Store norske leksikon ref Lade Gaard Traditionally the Lade farm in Trondheim Lade Storg rd i Trondheim was the seat of the Jarls of Lade. The historic Lade, Trondheim Lade farm was located in the eastern part of Trondheim , bordering the Trondheimsfjord , an important waterway dating in the Viking Age . ref http www.snl.no Lade storg C3 A5rd i Trondheim Lade storg rd i Trondheim Store norske leksikon ref According to Snorre Sturluson Snorre , King Harald I of Norway was a great commander but lacked a fleet. For that he was assisted by H kon Grjotgardsson . In gratitude, Harald I gave him the estate at Lade and made him the first Jarl of Lade. ref http kunsthistorie.com fagwiki Lade Gaard Lade Gaard Om Kunsthistorie ref Notable Jarls of Lade H kon Grj tgar sson , an ally of Harald Fairhair in the unification of Norway Sigur r H konarson , friend and advisor of H kon the Good H kon Sigur arson , king of Norway in all but name Eir kr H konarson , governor of the majority of Norway under Svein Forkbeard Sveinn H konarson , governor of a part of Norway under Olof Sk tkonung Olaf the Swede H kon Eir ksson , governor of Norway under Canute the Great References Reflist External links http www.lade gaard.no Lade Gaard Category History of Norway Category Norwegian earls Lade Category Ladejarl dynasty Norway hist stub de Ladejarl es Jarls de Lade fr Jarls de Lade hr Jarlovi Lade is Hla ajarlar it Jarl di Lade lt Lad s jarlai no Ladejarler nn Ladejarlane pt Jarls de Lade ru sv Ladejarlarna ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 infobox UK feature official name Swainston Manor shire county state Isle of Wight country England nation UK map name United Kingdom Isle of Wight static image name Swainston Manor Hotel geograph.org.uk 580381.jpg static image alt see WP ALT static image caption Swainston Manor Hotel static image 2 name static image alt 2 see WP ALT static image caption 2 static image width 2 os grid reference SZ441878 latitude 50.688 longitude 1.377 Swainston Manor lies convert 1 mi to the east of Calbourne , Isle of Wight , England . Now a hotel, Swainston Manor was originally a manor house on a site dating back to 735 CE. Eight hundred years ago it became the location of a palace built by the Bishops of Winchester . It has a 12th century chapel on its convert 32 acre . Most of the present building was constructed in the 18th century, but an attached hall dates from the 13th century. Warwick the Kingmaker reportedly dined at Swainston Manor. Swainston is derived from its original name, Sweyn s Town . It was founded by king Sweyn I of Denmark Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark , whose son was King Canute . The parish of Calbourne was at one time dependent on Swainston Manor. The house was severely damaged by incendiary bombs during World War II. The church on the site however was untouched. The poet Alfred Lord Tennyson also visited Swainston a few times. It is claimed that he wrote Maud on its grounds. He also wrote In the Garden at Swainston after the death of his friend and Swainston s owner, Sir John Simeon. Swainston also features, as Swaynestone , in Maxwell Gray s 1886 novel The Silence of Dean Maitland . Swainstone was one of the locations for King James 1st public school during the 1960s. Other locations for the school included Newport and Cowes. External links http www.swainstonmanor.co.uk Official website Alt text missing England Category Country houses on the Isle of Wight Category Manor houses in England ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2007 Sweyn the Crusader Lang da Svend Korsfarer IPA da sfen k sf pron c. 1050 in Denmark 1097 in Turkey was a Denmark Danish Crusades crusader . He was a son of the Danish king Sweyn Estridsen , and husband of Florine of Burgundy . He is famous for his participation in the First Crusade , which he primarily spent fighting the Turkish people Turks . On his way to Jerusalem in 1097, he and 1,500 other Danish knights were attacked by the Turks. The Danes lost the battle, and Sweyn the Crusader was killed. Ancestry ahnentafel top width 100 center ahnentafel compact5 style font size 120 line height 110 border 1 boxstyle padding top 0 padding bottom 0 boxstyle 1 background color fcc boxstyle 2 background color fb9 boxstyle 3 background color ffc boxstyle 4 background color bfc boxstyle 5 background color 9fe 1 1. Sweyn the Crusader 2 2. Sweyn II of Denmark 3 4 4. Ulf the Earl Ulf Thorgilsson 5 5. Estrid Svendsdatter 6 7 8 8. Thorgil Sprakling Thorgil Styrbj rnsson Sprakling 9 10 10. Sweyn I Forkbeard 11 11. Sigrid the Haughty 12 13 14 15 16 16. Styrbj rn the Strong 17 17. Thyra Haraldsdotter of Denmark 18 19 20 20. Harald Bluetooth 21 21. Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden 22 22. Mieszko I of Poland 23 23. Dubrawka of Bohemia 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 center ahnentafel bottom Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Sweyn The Crusader ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1097 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Sweyn The Crusader Category House of Estridsen Category 1050s births Category 1097 deaths Category Danish people Category Christians of the First Crusade Category Warriors of Europe Category Illegitimate children of Danish monarchs Denmark mil bio stub da Svend Korsfarer de Sven der Kreuzfahrer ... more details
Use dmy dates date October 2010 Key dates in the History of Somerset 43 47 Roman invasion and occupation 491 Battle of Mons Badonicus may have been fought in Somerset uncertain date 537 Battle of Camlann sometimes located at Queen Camel uncertain date 577 Battle of Deorham Dyrham, Gloucestershire Saxons occupied Bath 658 Battle of Peonnum Penselwood ? Saxons then occupied most of Somerset 710 Battle of Llongborth ? Langport 845 First documentary reference to Somers te 878 Battle of Cynwit Saxon victory over the Danes by Ealdorman Odda 878 Battle of Ethandun West Saxon victory over the Danes uncertain whether in Somerset or Wiltshire 878 Treaty of Wedmore after defeat of Danes Germanic tribe Danes by King Alfred the Great c900 Kings of Wessex hold court at Cheddar 973 King Edgar of England crowned at Bath, Somerset Bath 988 St Dunstan buried at Glastonbury 1013 Danish king Sweyn Forkbeard received submission of western thegn s at Bath 1088 Siege of Ilchester 1191 Discovery of King Arthur s tomb at Glastonbury 1497 Perkin Warbeck s rebellion supported by Somerset men 1643 Battle of Lansdowne 1645 Siege of Taunton during the English Civil War 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor Duke of Monmouth defeated 1685 Judge Jeffries holds the Bloody Assizes at Taunton 1770 Start of major enclosures of Somerset Levels 1805 Somerset Coal Canal Opened 1827 Bridgwater and Taunton Canal opened 1875 Formation of Somerset County Cricket Club 1898 County boundaries altered 1956 Chew Valley Lake opened by Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Queen Elizabeth II 1974 Formation of County of Avon , reducing the area of the Somerset County of Somerset 1996 Abolition of the County of Avon , creating the unitary authority unitary authorities of North Somerset and Bath and North East Somerset Category History of Somerset Category English history timelines Somerset ... more details
dablink This article is about the medieval princess. For information on her namesake, the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark, see Princess Thyra of Denmark . And for information on the daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark, see Princess Thyra of Denmark 1880 1945 . Image Olaf offers thyri angelica.jpg thumb upright Olaf offers Queen Thyri a stalk of angelica. She weeps and scolds him for not daring to face up to Svein Forkbeard and retrieve her dowry illustration from 1899 . Tyra of Denmark , also called Tyri Haraldsdatter and Thyra 10th century 1000 was a Danish princess and a Norwegian Viking age Queen consort , spouse of King Olav I of Norway . Tyra was born to King Harald I of Denmark and Queen Gyrid Olafsdottir of Sweden Gyrid , Princess of Sweden. She was first married to the Swedish prince and throne claimant Styrbj rn Starke Beorn the Feisty and Strong and was as such a titular crown princess of Sweden. As a widow, she married a Polish prince. Second widowed, she married King Olav I of Norway . According to legend, Queen Tyra committed suicide by starvation after the news of her husband s death in 1000. References Alf Henrikson Dansk historia Danish history 1989 Sv icon Sven Rosborn N r h nde vad i Nordens historia When did what happen in the historiy of the Nordic countries 1997 Sv icon ke Ohlmarks FornNordiskt Lexikon Ancient Nordic dictionary 1994 Sv icon s start s hou Unknown 1000 succession box before Gunnhild, Mother of Kings title List of Norwegian queens Queen Consort of Norway years 990s 1000 after Sigrid Storr da small s end Norwegian consorts Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Denmark, Tyra Of ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1000 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Denmark, Tyra Of Category Norwegian royal consorts Category 1000 deaths Category Viking Age women Category Danish princesses Thyra Category Swedish princesses Thyra cs Tyra D nsk 1000 de Tyra Haraldsdatter no Tyra Haraldsdatter p ... more details
Image Sm 76, Komstad.JPG 120px right thumb H kon Eiriksson was probably the H kon Jarl who is mentioned on the Hakon Jarl Runestones Sm 76 Komstad Runestone . H kon Eiriksson died c. 1029 1030 was Earl of Lade and king of Norway as a vassal under Knut the Great . H kon Eiriksson was from a dynasty of Norwegian rulers in the eastern part of Trondheim , bordering the Trondheimsfjord . He was the son of Eirik H konson , ruler of Norway and earl of Northumbria . His mother is commonly believed to have been Gytha, a daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and Sigrid the Haughty of Denmark and half sister of King Knut . ref M. K. Lawson, Cnut England s Viking King 2004 , p. 93 ref After the Battle of Svolder , Eirik H konson, together with his brother Sveinn H konarson , became kings of Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard. In 1014 or 1015 Eirik H konson left Norway and joined Knut for his campaign in England. The north English earldom of Northumbria was given by Knut to Eirik after he had won control of the north. Eirik remained as earl of Northumbria until his death between 1023 and 1033. As his father s successor in Norway, H kon Eiriksson ruled as a Danish vassal from 1012 to 1015, with Einar Tambarskjelve as his aide and his uncle, Sveinn H konarson, holding some areas as a Swedish vassal. After some years absence in England fighting the Danes, Olaf II of Norway Olaf Haraldsson returned to Norway in 1015 and declared himself king, obtaining the support of the petty kings of the Uplands. In 1016, Olaf defeated Sveinn H konarson at the Battle of Nesjar . ref http home.online.no thorosl Kirkeside NO sider TEMA13 Tema13M.htm Olav den Hellige Norges evige konge ref After the victory of Olaf Haraldsson, H kon fled to England where he was well received by King Knut and made Earl of Worcester . After the Battle of the Helge , Norwegian nobles rallied behind Knut. He is recorded as being the Kingdom of the Isles ruler of the Sudreyar from 1016 until 1030. ref Woolf 2007 p. 246 ref In 1028, H ko ... more details
File Norway 1000 AD en.svg thumb right 250px Division of Norway after the Battle of Svolder according to the Heimskringla . legend 3465a4 Area ruled by Eirik H konarson , as a fief from Svein Forkbeard . legend 74d216 Area ruled by Sveinn H konarson, half brother of Eirik, as a fief from Olof Sk tkonung Olaf the Swede . legend ce5c00 Area under direct control of Svein Forkbeard. Sveinn H konarson ref Anglicized and modern Scandinavian forms include Svein , Sweyn , Svend and Sven . ref died c. 1016 was an earl of the house of Tr ndelag Hla ir and co ruler of Norway from 1000 to c. 1015. He was the son of earl H kon Sigur arson . He is first mentioned in connection with the battle of Hj rungav gr , where the Heimskringla says he commanded 60 ships. After the battle of Svolder in the year 1000, Sveinn became co ruler of Norway with his half brother, Eir kr H konarson . After Eir kr went to England in 1014, Sveinn was co ruler with H kon Eir ksson . In 1015, ref Or 1014 or 1016, the sources are hard to reconcile. ref Olaf II of Norway l fr Haraldsson arrived in Norway and claimed the throne. He defeated Sveinn and his allies in the battle of Nesjar . Sveinn retreated to Sweden, intending to muster a force to retake Norway but he died of an illness before he could return. Sveinn married H lmfr r, who was either the daughter or sister of king Olof Sk tkonung l fr of Sweden . They had the daughter Sigr r, who was married to sl kr, son of Erlingr Skj lgsson . Another daughter, Gunnhildr, was married to Sveinn lfsson . Only one court poet, Bersi Sk ldtorfuson , is recorded as being in Sveinn s service and very little of his poetry has come down to us. The written sources mentioning Sveinn were all written over 150 years after his death. The Swedish historian Staffan Hellberg in 1972 claimed to be able to show that Sveinn was a fictitious person, and that he had never lived. ref Hellberg, Staffan 1972 . Slaget vid Nesjar och Sven jarl H konsson . Scripta Islandica, Upps ... more details
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