{"slug": "sweyn-ii-of-denmark", "label": "Sweyn II of Denmark", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweyn_II_of_Denmark", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q246812", "qid": "Q246812", "description": "King of Denmark from 1047 to 1076", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [1019, 1076], "span_label": ["1019 CE", "1076 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "denmark", "label": "Denmark", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-norway-8721397", "label": "Kingdom of Norway (872–1397)", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "harald-hardrada", "label": "Harald Hardrada", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "east-anglia", "label": "East Anglia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "york-minster", "label": "York Minster", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1019, "year_label": "1019 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Sweyn II (Estridsson), king of Denmark (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1342212971#Births", "title": "1019", "revid": 1342212971, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 1042, "year_label": "1042 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 8", "text": "June 8 – Magnus the Good becomes king of Denmark after the death of Harthacnut. Despite a claim to the throne by Sweyn II, Magnus takes control of Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350130047#Europe", "title": "1042", "revid": 1350130047, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1047, "year_label": "1047 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – Harald Hardrada becomes sole king of Norway on the death of his nephew and co-regent Magnus I (\"the Good\"). The crown of Denmark passes to Sweyn II.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368550348#Europe", "title": "1047", "revid": 1368550348, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1050, "year_label": "1050 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Hedeby in Jutland is sacked by King Harald Hardrada of Norway, during the course of a conflict with Sweyn II of Denmark.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368550668#Europe", "title": "1050", "revid": 1368550668, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1064, "year_label": "1064 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Kings Harald Hardrada of Norway and Sweyn II of Denmark agree to a peace agreement. Harald turns his attentions to England where he believes he has a right to the throne.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369558075#Europe", "title": "1064", "revid": 1369558075, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 1069, "year_label": "1069 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Sweyn II of Denmark lands a fleet in the Humber in support of the Northumbrian rebels and they join him to burn York, attacking its two castles and destroying the old Minster.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1243049384#England", "title": "1069", "revid": 1243049384, "section": "Events › By place › England"}}, {"year": 1070, "year_label": "1070 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Spring – King Sweyn II of Denmark joins rebels in England led by Hereward the Wake and captures the Isle of Ely in The Fens of East Anglia. On June 1 Hereward sacks Peterborough Abbey with support from Sweyn's Danes.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1327891061#Events", "title": "1070", "revid": 1327891061, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1076, "year_label": "1076 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 28", "text": "April 28 – Sweyn II Estridsson, king of Denmark", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1362789427#Deaths", "title": "1076", "revid": 1362789427, "section": "Deaths"}}]}