Person report
02 Feb 2024
Svend II Estridsøn
Details
Name | Svend II Estridsøn | |
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Age | 54 | |
Born | 1020 | |
Died | 28 Apr 1074, Søderup i Sønder | |
Parents | Ulf Jarl Torkilsson? af Skåne Estrid Svendsdatter |
Relatives
Image | Name | Relationship to current person | Age | Birth date | Birth place | Death date | Death place | First marriage date | First marriage place |
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Ulf Jarl Torkilsson? af Skåne | father | Omk 0993 | 22 Sep 1027 | Roskilde | |||||
Estrid Svendsdatter | mother | ||||||||
Gunhild | wife | ||||||||
Erik 1. Ejegod | son | Slangerup | 10 Jul 1103 | Cypern | |||||
Olaf 1. Hunger | son | ||||||||
Knud 2. den Hellige | son | ||||||||
Harald 3. Hen | son |
Photos
World history
★15 Dec 1025
Constantine VIII became sole Byzantine emperor, 63 years after being crowned co-emperor.
★25 Dec 1046
Henry III was crowned Holy Roman Emperor by Pope Clement II.
★19 May 1051
Anne of Kiev married King Henry I to become Queen of France.
★04 Jul 1054
Chinese astronomers recorded the sudden appearance of a "guest star", later identified as the supernova that created the Crab Nebula.
★28 Dec 1065
Westminster Abbey in London, built by Edward the Confessor between 1045 and 1050, was consecrated.
★20 Sep 1066
King Harald III of Norway and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar in the Battle of Fulford near York, England.
★25 Sep 1066
Harold Godwinson defeated King Harald III of Norway and his English ally Tostig Godwinson at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, ending the last Norse invasion of the British Isles.
★28 Sep 1066
William the Conqueror and his fleet of around 600 ships landed at Pevensey, Sussex, beginning the Norman conquest of England.
★15 Apr 1071
Norman forces, under the command of Robert Guiscard, conquered the city of Bari, the capital of the Catepanate of Italy.
★26 Aug 1071
Byzantine–Seljuq wars: Seljuk Turks led by Alp Arslan captured Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV at the Battle of Manzikert.
Story
http://www.kongernesjelling.dk/sw237.asp
Sven 2. Estridsen kæ mpede hå rdt for at blive konge, og da endelig lykkedes, var han det til gengæ ld i 27 å r.
Sven gjorde meget for de kirkelige forhold. I hans tid blev Danmark inddelt i otte bispestifter, og der blev bygget så mange træ kirker rundt om i landet, at det svarer til halvdelen af de landsbykirker, der findes i dag. Men selvom Sven var kirken en god mand, undgik han ikke at komme i konflikt med den. Han havde giftet sig med Gunhild, oldebarn til Sven1.Tveskæ gs dronning Gunhild. Kirken betragtede imidlertid æ gteskab med et familiemedlem i fjerde led som blodskam, og æ rkebispen af Hamborg-Bremen forlangte det ophæ vet. Det ville Sven ikke væ re med til og truede med at bræ nde Hamborg af. Det kom dog ikke så vidt, da Paven greb ind. Sven må tte lade sig skille fra Gunhild og giftede sig ikke siden. Det betø d dog ikke, at han holdt sig fra kvinder. Det ved vi fra historieskriveren Adam af Bremen, der priste Sven hø jt, men alligevel må tte på tale hans mange kvindebekendtskaber. Disse resulterede i ikke mindre end nitten bø rn, hvoraf fem nå ede at bliv
e konge og en af disse endog helgen.
Bø rn: Omkring 19 bø rn med forskellige mø dre. Heraf 5, som efterfulgte Sven som konger: Harald 3. Hen <sw239.asp>, Knud 2. den Hellige <sw240.asp>, Olaf 1. Hunger <sw241.asp>, Erik 1. Ejegod <sw242.asp> og Niels <sw243.asp>.
Facts
Fact | Details | Date | Place | Address | Cause | Responsible agency | Notes | Citations |
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Birth | 1020 | |||||||
Marriage | ||||||||
Death | 28 Apr 1074 | Søderup i Sønder |