Pallig[1] Tokesen (died 13 November 1002) was a Danish chieftain. According to the 'A' Translation of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle he was recruited to help Ethelred II,[2] however upon the arrival of a significant Viking force in Devon in 1001 he deserted Ethelred and instead threw in his lot with the raiders. As the Chronicle relates:
"And they went thence west until they came to Devon; and there Paley [Pallig] came to meet them, with the ships which he could gather, because he had fled from king Ethelred, contrary to all the plighted troth that he had given him; and the king had also well gifted him with houses, and with gold and with silver. And they burned Teignton, and also many other good towns which we are unable to name; and there, afterwards, peace was made with them" [3]
Later tradition credits him as the Earldoman of Devon[citation needed] however there seems to be little contemporary support for this position. Yorke[2] only refers to him as a Viking Leader, not as an Earldoman.
He is said to have been killed in the St. Brice's Day massacre, along with his wife Gunhilde, daughter of Harald Bluetooth of Denmark[citation needed] and sister of Sweyn Forkbeard. Like his rank, this appears to be a later addition.
Sweyn's invasions from 1002 may have been partly in revenge for the murder of his sister. It has been proposed that it was actually Pallig's desertion that led to the St. Brice's Day Masscre, and that the slaughter was partly Æthelred's revenge.[4]
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Svend Tveskæg, konge 987-1014
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Welcome to Denmark's major Viking king Swen Widlobrody - King 987-1014 Ancestry Harald Bluetooth's son Svend is Denmark's great Viking king. Svend took royal powers in battle with his father. Harald falls in battle, but it is not entirely safe. Svend ascended the throne in 986 or 987th. Trelleborg is ring fort. One port in each of the four corners of the world. A place in the middle, which is divided into four equal parts ... of two roads passing perpendicular through the castle's center. Aggersborg is Denmark's largest Viking stronghold. Aggersborg located at Aggersund on northern side of the Limfjord. Fyrkat is a circular castle from Viking times. Fyrkat lies in Himmerland in northern Jutland. Under the town of Odense found the remains of a circular castle. Nonnebakken was one of the smaller diameter of 120 meters. Trelleborg is a Viking stronghold, located on Sealand near Slagelse. Trelleborg in Skåne is a fortress from the Viking age built of wood. Trelleborg in Skåne is not a ring castle. Before and after Svend became king he went a-viking. The Viking raids in England. Together with the Norwegian chieftain Olaf Tryggvasson. Tryggvasson Olav became king of Norway in the 995th Olav brutally forcing the Norwegians to be Christians. Olaf Tryggvasson dies at the Battle of Svolder in the year 1000. Svend "Forkbeard" became Norway's overlord. Svend's sister married the Viking chieftain Pallig. Pallig switched sides ... and became the English King Ethelred service. In 1002 ordered the King Ethelred of England ... all Danes and their descendants in England killed. Pallig and Svend's sister Gunhild was among those killed. In 1003-1004 Svend attack England again. He collected huge sums of money, known as Danegæld. In year 1013, the now middle-aged Svend - - and his second son Knud on board, when a huge fleet crossed the North Sea. This time it was with conquest in mind. London entrenched themselves, and Englishmen sing today: "London Bridge is falling down” about when Londoners burned and destroyed the bridge - over the River Thames ... ... to prevent the Vikings advance. Svend's army retreated from London. Instead of using the forces of London, - he let himself king shelf around the country. Both to the north, west and south of London. In the end, London alone, an island surrounded by a country that absolutely had surrendered. King Ethelred gave up and fled to Normandy. 1013 selected the English Privy Council Svend as King of England. Svend died on 3 February 1014 in the county of Lincoln, probably from a stroke. Svend Tveskæg was mid 50s when he died. A high age at the time. It was rarely more than 30 years. Svend Tveskæg was first buried in York Minster. Svend's body later was transferred to Roskilde Cathedral. He rests today in an unknown place in the church with his father Harold Bluetooth. Nicknamed Forkbeard suggest that Svend shared his beard in the middle. A practice that was all the rage in England at this time. It can be seen on several English coins from the period. Svend Forkbeard lived in Viking times. Viking Age approx. years 750-1050. When Svend lived leaves more and more the old gods. Most forced to do so by their kings. It is believed not to Svend forced anyone. At the end of the Viking age, more and more Christians. Most are forced to believe in Jesus of their kings. Svend Forkbeard was king 987-1014. 27 years in total. He was king of Denmark, Norway and England. Svend's children were Harald 2, King Knud and Estrid. Sister Gunhild Harald's daughter, who was killed by King Ethelred of England. All the red on the map left Svend Forkbeard to Harald 2 and King Knud the Great.
Notes
- ^ Palling, Palnig, Palne.
- ^ a b [1],[2]; , Barbara Yorke, Wessex in the Early Middle Ages (1995), p. 134.
- ^ "Page:The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle (Giles).djvu/111 - Wikisource, the free online library". en.wikisource.org. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
- ^ Ryan Lavelle, Aethelred II: King of the English, The History Press, 2008, pp. 104-105
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