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House of Gorm/Earls of Lade (restored)

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After the Battle of Svolder, the Danes recaptured Norway under Sweyn Forkbeard. As before, the Danes controlled the petty kingdoms of Viken as vassals, while the two Earls of Lade, Eric Haakonsson and Sweyn Haakonsson, ruled Western Norway and Trøndelag, nominally as earls under Sweyn.[1] Eric is generally held as the de facto ruler of Norway from 1000 to 1015, together with his brother Sweyn, a lesser known figure, with whom he shared his power.[2]

R Name, reign Portrait Birth Marriages, issue Death Sources
D Sweyn Forkbeard
1000–1013[3]
(de jure)
c. 960
Son of Harald Bluetooth and Tove of the Obotrites
(1 & 2) Gunhild of Wenden or Sigrid the Haughty
Eight or more children[citation needed]
3 February[citation needed] 1014
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
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 R  Earl Eric Haakonsson
1000–1015[3]
(de facto)
c. 964
Son of Haakon Sigurdsson and Gunhild Mieszcosdatter
Gytha Svendsdatter
One son[citation needed]
c. 1024
England
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 R  Earl Sweyn Haakonsson
1000–1015[3]
(de facto)
c. 970
Son of Haakon Sigurdsson and Thora Skagesdatter
Holmfrid Eriksdatter
Two daughters[citation needed]
c. 1016
Russia
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  1. ^ Krag, Claus (1995). Vikingtid og rikssamling: 800–1130. Aschehougs norgeshistorie. Vol. 2. p. 103. ISBN 8203220150.
  2. ^ a b Krag, Claus. "Eirik Håkonsson". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference Aschehougp101 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "Svend 1. Tveskæg". Den store danske (in Danish). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Svend 1 Tveskæg". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2012.
  6. ^ Krag, Claus. "Svein Håkonsson". Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 3 November 2012.