According to Adam of Bremen, this man spent fourteen years exiled in Scotland.
According to Adam of Bremen, this man spent fourteen years exiled in Scotland. Another tale says that he was raised by Palna-Toke, the Jarl of Jomsborg instead of his father, Harold Bluetooth. He divorced his first wife, the daughter of Duke Mieszko of Poland, and on the advice of his second he arranged an alliance that resulted in his great naval victory at the Battle of Svolde. The St. Brice's Day Massacre sparked his most famous achievement, where he deposed a king who had earlier defecated into a baptismal font. For 10 points, -- name this Dane who conquered England and overthrow Ethelred the Unready, known for his fashionable facial hair.
According to Adam of Bremen, this man spent fourteen years exiled in Scotland.
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