Forty days after he was crowned king of England, Sweyn Forkbeard was apparently murdered in his bed. The weapon was allegedly a spear. But the killer? Folklore has it as the ghost of St Edmund ...

However, this changed in 1013, when Sweyn Forkbeard, King of Denmark, invaded England and forced Aethelred to flee to Normandy. Uhtred swore allegiance to Sweyn, before campaigning with Aethelred ...

The Lincolnshire town was once the capital of England for just over a month when Danish King Sweyn Forkbeard conquered England in 1013. He made the castle, which is now Gainsborough Old Hall ...