The House of Estridsen, sometimes called the Estridsen or Estrith Dynasty, was the dynasty that provided the Kings of Denmark from 1047 to 1412. The dynasty is named after its ancestor Estrid Svendsdatter. The dynasty is sometimes called the Ulfinger, after Estrid's husband, Ulf the Earl.
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“Just the same as a month before,—
The house and the trees,
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Nothing changed but the hives of bees.”
—John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)