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Sweyn forkbeard biography of abraham lincoln

          The mighty Sweyn Forkbeard, a Danish viking, terrorized England at the turn of the first millenium.!

          Abraham Lincoln began his life in a log cabin in Kentucky, the son of poor Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England.

        1. Abraham Lincoln began his life in a log cabin in Kentucky, the son of poor Sweyn Forkbeard: First Viking King of England.
        2. Sweyn I was Denmark's king, a renowned Viking warrior, and the father of Canute I the Great, who ruled both Denmark and England.
        3. The mighty Sweyn Forkbeard, a Danish viking, terrorized England at the turn of the first millenium.
        4. Sweyn Forkbeard was the first Viking King of England, however you'd be forgiven for potentially forgetting who he was given he was only King for Listen Now.
        5. Two Vikings even ascended to the throne of England, with Sweyn Forkbeard claiming the English throne in until and his son Cnut the Great being king of.

          6. Sweyn Forkbeard

          Sweyn Forkbeard or Tiugeskaeg, known as such due to his long cleft beard was the son of Harald Bluetooth and was born around 960 AD; he would be the first Danish King of England. Sweyn formed imposing Danish North Sea empire.

          His father was King of Denmark from 940 to 985 AD, and while it is unknown who his mother was, he may have been his father’s illegitimate son born from Aesa according to the Jomsvikinga Saga or from Queen Gunild.

          Sweyn Forkbeard’s Sussession

          Succeeding his father as King of Denmark in 986 AD Sweyn was married twice, to Gunhilda the daughter of the Duke of Poland and then secondly to Sigrid the Haughty the widow of the King of Sweden after he repudiated his first wife.

          A young Sweyn Forkbeard

          Harald Bluetooth was the first Scandinavian King to accept Christianity though Sweyn was never known to embrace his Christian name of Otto.

          Sweyn was tolerant of paganism while favouring Christianity and many have argued it was politically motiv