Forkbeard

A map by the American historian called "The Dominions of Canute" (pictured just above) shows that Cornwall, like Wales and Scotland, was part neither of Sweyn Forkbeard's nor of Canute's Danish empire.

Forkbeard is never known to have officially made use of this Christian name.

His father, Æthelred, was usurped by Sweyn Forkbeard in that same year, but Sweyn died shortly thereafter, paving the way for Æthelred and his family to return to the throne, which they did but not without opposition.

Simon Keynes, 'Edward the Ætheling', in Mortimer ed., Edward the Confessor, p. 49. During his childhood England was the target of Viking raids and invasions under Sweyn Forkbeard and his son, Cnut.

When King Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark invaded and conquered England in 1013, Emma and her children were sent to Normandy, where Æthelred joined soon after.