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an image of a man with a crown on his head and the words cante written in

Engraving of Canute, King of England. Bust length with curled hair, beard, crown, armour, and mantle. Within an oval border, with title below. With the number '18' printed in the upper left corner, part of a series of English monarchs. Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2016

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a painting of a woman dressed in medieval clothing

Sigrid the Haughty....also known as Sigríð Storråda, is a queen appearing in Norse sagas as wife, first of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark....Heimskringla describes Sigrid as the beautiful but vengeful daughter of Skogul-Tosti, a powerful Swedish nobleman. As widow of Eric the Victorious, she held many great estates, and was living with her son Olav the Swede, when her foster-brother Harald Grenske, a king in Vestfold sought her hand.

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More than 1,000 years since Swein Forkbeard employed superior military strength and tactical ability to supplant the descendants of Alfred the Great. Sarah Foot traces Swein's journey from foreign adventurer to first Viking king of England...

In 1013, Sweyn Forkbeard employed superior military strength and tactical ability to supplant the descendants of Alfred the Great. Sarah Foot traces his journey from foreign adventurer to first Viking king of England...

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The Sweyn Forkbeard.

The sign at the Sweyn Forkbeard pub in Gainsborough is, I suspect, unique. If anyone knows of another pub by this name I would be interested to know about it (and see the sign). Background to the name & it's local connection : In 1013, King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark successfully invaded England and became the new king so establishing the Danish dynasty. Sweyn reigned but briefly though as he died in 1014 at Gainsborough in Lincolnshire as a result of falling from his mount.

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