Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn Forkbeard was apparently murdered in his bed. The weapon was allegedly a spear. But the killer? Folklore has it as the ghost of St Edmund ...
Emergency services cordoned off Sweyn Road in Cliftonville last night following the collision. Police, fire crews and paramedics were called to the scene at about 11.50pm.
Ethelred's soldiers killed many Viking families in the Danelaw. This made King Sweyn of Denmark angry. He invaded England and Ethelred fled to France. Sweyn's son Cnut (also known as Canute ...
In the 980s he fled to Pomerania, now in north Germany, after losing a big sea battle against forces loyal to his son Sweyn Forkbeard. Bluetooth died in 987. The king was immortalised by Nordic ...