Estrid Svendsdatter
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Estrid Svendsdatter of Denmark; fl. 1017–1032;, b. c. 990s, d. after 1057 and before 1073, was a prominent Danish princess and titular queen of the Jelling dynasty, sister of Cnut the Great and wife o
Estrid-Margaret as depicted in the 16th century on a wall in Roskilde Cathedral.
Ulf Jarl
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Ulf Thorgilsson, commonly known as Ulf Jarl or Earl Ulf, was a Danish jarl of Skåne and regent of Denmark. Ulf was the son of Thorgil Sprakling and the father of King Sweyn II of Denmark, and thus the
Estrid Svendsdatter
…after 1057 and before 1073, was a prominent Danish princess and titular queen of the Jelling dynasty, sister of Cnut the Great and wife of the magnate Ulf Jarl. She was the mother of Sweyn II Estridsen, during whose reign she was commonly styled dronning (“queen”) in Denmark, though she was never queen regnant…
King Canute and Earl Ulf as imagined by Morris Meredith Williams in 1913