Sweyn Forkbeard was the father of which 11th Century English monarch?
Sweyn Forkbeard Denmark, married James III of Scotland in 1469, introducing Sweyn's bloodline into the Scottish royal house. After James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1603, Sweyn's descendants became monarchs of England again. Sweyn had eight children with Sigrid the Haughty and Gunhild of Wenden: Sweyn Forkbeard Sweyn Forkbeard (; Old Norse: "Sveinn Haraldsson tjúguskegg"; Danish: "Svend Tveskæg"; 960 – 3 February 1014) was king of Denmark during 986–1014. He was the father of King Harald II of Denmark, King Cnut the Great and Queen Estrid Svendsdatter. In the mid-980s, Sweyn revolted against his father, Harald Bluetooth, and seized
Sweyn Forkbeard a foothold in Norway, controlling Viken in c. 970. He may, however, have lost control over his Norwegian claims following his defeat against a German army in 974. Sweyn built an alliance with Swedish king Olof Skötkonung and Eirik Hákonarson, Jarl of Lade, against Norwegian king Olaf Tryggvason. The Kings' sagas ascribe the causes of the alliance to Olaf Tryggvason's ill-fated marriage proposal to Sigrid the Haughty and his problematic marriage to Thyri, sister of Svein Forkbeard. The allies attacked and defeated king Olaf in the western Baltic Sea when he was sailing home from an expedition, in the Battle