Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter
- Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter
Estrid Margarete Svendsdatter (Estrith, Astrith) was a Danish princess, daughter of Sweyn Forkbeard and sister of Cnut.
As the wife of Ulf Jarl [ [http://members.aol.com/bakken1/angsax/cnutaut.htm King Cnut: Emperor of the North ] ] , she was the mother of Sweyn II of Denmark (Svend Estridsen), and Beorn Estrithson [Ann Williams, Alfred P. Smyth, D. P. Kirby, "A Biographical Dictionary of Dark Age Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales" (1991), p. 231.] . Ulf was killed in 1026.
She then married Robert, Duke of Normandy, a marriage mentioned by Ralph Glaber in his "Historiarum libri quinque" [M. K. Lawson, "Cnut: England's Viking King" (2004), p. 105.] [ [http://www.normandy-battlefields.org/roman_norman.htm CdB Guided Tours Roman and Norman Notes ] ] . This match ended in divorce, and was childless; Robert's children including William the Conqueror were illegitimate. Adam of Bremen gives a misleading account, as to the date, and the Duke involved [Pauline Stafford, "Queen Emma and Queen Edith" (1997), p. 23; cf. p. 235.] .
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