Editing Sweyn II of Denmark (section)

{{Short description|King of Denmark from 1047 to 1076}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Sweyn II
| succession   = [[King of Denmark]]
| image        = File:Svein Estridssons hode.JPG
| caption      = Reconstruction of Sweyn Estridsson's head based on the skull
| reign        = 1047–1076<ref name="kongehuset">[http://kongehuset.dk/lineage.php?id=58197&dogtag=k_dk_monarkiet_kongeraek&list_id=1 Monarkiet i Danmark – Kongerækken] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118011459/http://kongehuset.dk/lineage.php?id=58197&dogtag=k_dk_monarkiet_kongeraek&list_id=1 |date=2009-11-18 }} at [[Monarchy of Denmark|The Danish Monarchy]]</ref>
| predecessor  = [[Magnus the Good]]
| successor    = [[Harald III the Whetstone]]
| spouses      = {{plainlist|
*[[Gyda of Sweden]]
*[[Gunnhildr Sveinsdóttir]]
*[[Tora Torbergsdatter]] (disputed)}}
| issue        = {{plainlist|
*[[Harald Hen]]
*[[Canute the Saint]]
*[[Olaf Hunger]]
*[[Eric Evergood]]
*[[Niels, King of Denmark]]
*[[Ingerid of Denmark|Ingerid, Queen of Norway]]
*[[Sweyn the Crusader]]
*[[Svend Tronkræver]]
*[[Sigrid Svendsdatter]]}}
| issue-link   = #Family
| issue-pipe   = among others...
| full name    = Sweyn Estridsson<br>Sweyn Ulfsson
| house        = [[Estridsen]]
| father       = [[Ulf Thorgilsson]]
| mother       = [[Estrid Svendsdatter]]
| birth_date   = {{circa|1019}}
| birth_place  = [[England]]
| death_date   = 28 April 1076
| death_place  = [[Søderup]], [[:da:Hjordkær Sogn|Hjordkær Parish]], [[Denmark]]
| place of burial = [[Roskilde Cathedral]]
}}

'''Sweyn II''' ({{circa|1019}} – 28 April 1076),<ref name="death-year">{{Cite book |title=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |title-link=Dansk Biografisk Leksikon |last=Steenstrup |first=Johannes C. H. R. |publisher=Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag (F. Hegel & Søn) |year=1903 |editor-last=Bricka |editor-first=Carl Frederik |volume=17 |location=Kjøbenhavn |pages=4 |language=Danish |chapter=Svend Estridsen |quote=Sweyn died at the royal estate Søderup in the [[Duchy of Schleswig]] April 28, 1076 (the Danish annals have, certainly incorrect, 1074) and was buried in Roskilde Cathedral. [S. døde paa Kongsgaarden i Søderup i Slesvig 28. April 1076 (de danske Aarbøger have, sikkert urigtig, 1074) og blev begravet i Roskilde Domkirke.] |access-date=2007-02-22 |chapter-url=https://runeberg.org/dbl/17/0006.html}}</ref><ref name="Ræder">{{cite web|title=Danmark under Svend Estridsen og hans Sønner (Copenhagen, pp. 202–203)|url=https://archive.org/stream/danmarkundersven00rd/danmarkundersven00rd_djvu.txt|first=J. G. F.|last=Ræder|date=1871|website=archive.org|quote=At Vilhelm er død før Kongen, meddeles af de ikke meget senere Skribenter Anonymus Roskild. (Lgb.I. S. 378) og Ætnothus (Lgb.III. S. 338). At fremdeles Svend Estridsen døde 1076 og ikke allerede 1074, er ligeledes hævet over enhver Tvivl; naar nu ikke destomindre en hel Række Kildeskrifter lader ham dø allerede 1074, saa synes dette at hænge sammen med det allerede tidlig opstaaede og hos Saxo opbevarede Sagn om, at Vilhelm døde faa Dage efter Kongen og af Sorg over hans Død. Det kan da tænkes , at man har draget Kongens Død tilbage til Bispens Dødsaar 1074, ligesom Nyere (t. Ex. Molbech, hist. Aarb. III S. 19) drage Bispens Dødsaar frem til 1076 for at faa Begges Dødsaar til at falde sammen." ... & ... "men derimod giver en ny Skrivelse, som Paven afsendte til Svend d. 17. April s. A. [1075], En det bestemte Indtryk, at der i Mellemtiden er foregaaet Noget, hvorved Svend har gjort sig Paven forbunden|access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref> also known as '''Sweyn Estridsson'''{{efn|His first name is also spelled Swen, Swein, Svein and Sven, and the [[patronymic]] as Estridson, Estrithson or Estridsøn.}} ({{langx|non|Sveinn Ástríðarson}}, {{langx|da|Svend Estridsen}}) and '''Sweyn Ulfsson''', was [[King of Denmark]] from 1047 until his death in 1076. He was the son of [[Ulf Thorgilsson]] and [[Estrid Svendsdatter]], and the grandson of [[Sweyn Forkbeard]] through his mother's line. He was married at least two times, and fathered 20 children or more out of wedlock, including the five future kings [[Harald Hen]], [[Saint Canute]], [[Oluf Hunger]], [[Eric Evergood]], and [[Niels of Denmark|Niels]].

He was courageous in battle, but did not have much success as a military commander.<ref name="bricka"/> His skeleton reveals that he was a tall, powerfully built man who walked with a limp.