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All Credit for the music goes to: Royalty Free Music Alexander Nakarada
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One of history’s most successful but forgotten Kings was Sweyn Fork beard, the first Viking King of England. Most people have only heard of his son Canute the Great who is famous for forging the North Sea empire and the legend of him commanding the waves of the tide. But Sweyn Forkbeard was the man who made everything possible for Canute. Much like Alexander the Great and his father Phillip of Macedon, Sweyn gave his son the blueprint to be powerful and to be later known as great. But who was this legendary forgotten king? Let’s delve into his life and find out.

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