10. Sweyn Forkbeard

In 1013, the  audacious Sweyn Forkbeard (1013-14) reappeared at Sandwich,  with  a  powerful  fleet  He  was  accompanied  by his three usual attendants,  Fire,  slaughter,  and  pillage;  and all  England  trembled  before  him,  like  the  rustling  of  a  bed of  reeds  shaken  by  the  western wind.

Characters

Sweyn Forkbeard - King of Denmark (986-1014), King of Norway (1000-1014), King of England (1014)

Harald Bluetooth - King of Denmark (958-986), King of Norway (970-985), father of Sweyn

Gunhild - mother of Swein

Cnut - son of Sweyn Forkbeard

Gunhild - first wife of Sweyn

Sigrid the Haughty - second wife of Sweyn, wife of Erik the Victorious

Palnatoke - founder of the Jomsvikings

Jari Sigvaldi - chieftain of the Jomsvikings

Erik Hakonarson - Norwegian jarl

Olaf Tryggvason - King of Norway (995-1000)

Erik the Victorious - King of Sweden (970-95)

Olof Skotkonung - King of Sweden (955-1022)

Otto I - Holy Roman Emperor (962-73)

Otto II - Holy Roman Emperor (973-83)

Aethelred - King of England (978-1013, 1014-16)

Edward the Martyr - King of England (975-78), half-brother of Aethelred

Emma of Normandy - second wife of Aethelred, wife of Cnut

Ulfcytel - nobleman and military leader

St. Edmund - King of East-Anglia (855-69)

Adam of Bremen - chronicler

Credits

Music: Daudir by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.creatorchords.com)Licensed under Creative Commons BY Attribution 4.0 Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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