Which Macbeth character is based on a son from The Danish House of Knytlinga?
Svein Knutsson Svein Knutsson (Old Norse: "Sveinn Knútsson") c. 1016–1035, was the son of Cnut the Great, king of Denmark, Norway, and England, and his first wife Ælfgifu of Northampton, a Mercian noblewoman. In 1017 Cnut married Emma of Normandy, but there is no evidence that Ælfgifu was repudiated, and in 1030 Cnut sent her and Svein as regents to rule Norway. However, their rule was considered oppressive by the Norwegians, and they were expelled in 1034. They imposed new taxes and harsh laws that made them unpopular. In William Shakespeare's "Macbeth", there is a character called "Sweno, the Norways' king" based on Svein.
Prince Gorm of Denmark Prince Gorm of Denmark (Danish: "Prins Gorm Christian Frederik Hans Harald til Danemark til Ísland" ; b. Jægersborghus, 24 February 1919 – Copenhagen, 26 December 1991) was the first son of Prince Harald of Denmark and his wife, Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg.