Sweyn II Estridsson joins Harald Sigurdsson in England

Would Sweyn II Estridsson joining in the invasion of England by Harald Sigurdsson have made a difference?
 
why would he? ... Sweyn had argubly the best claim of any of the pretenders, except for prehaps Edgar which had no support at all at the current time due to his youth. While he might not have had the military to push for the claim himself, he would certainly have no reason to support any of the others, unless he would be very well paid to do so, and i don't think anyone would be willing to cough up the ammount of either gold or land he would want to even consider it.

Sure, Sweyn supported Edgar a few years later, but that was the expectation of running England through him as a puppet king, and he abandoned the idea as soon as William paid him enough to go home, leaving Edgar flundering
 
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Ja. If Svein and Harald are both invading at the same time, they'll be fighting each other, not (or in addition to) the Anglo-Saxons. It makes Harold's victory over each of them easier than Stamford Bridge - but 2 battles weakens his forces so he loses to William when HE invades. Oh yeah, that happened iOTL.

So.
1) Why would Svein be that stupid? I'm sure he'd much rather invade Norway while Harald's in England

2) little to no difference in England

3) some difference in Denmark, since Svein would have been shown to be an idiot/killed
 
Sweyn had himself a good claim on England. Why would he support Harald, a person he didn't like at all?

He wouldn't be supporting Harald, that's clear.

Could he nominally join the invasion, figuring on picking up the pieces when Harald's forces are exhausted? Maybe. Of course, Harald would be smart enough to know that would be the probable motive and not accept the 'help'.

Could he independently invade (probably just after Harald's landed or better after Stamford Bridge), to pick up the pieces again? Yes, he could. I doubt he would, though. It'd be a lot easier to pick on Norway while Harald's gone...
 
Norway is left under the command of Haralds son, so attacking Norway isn't really an option and Before Harald left he made Sweyn swear fealty and essentially ruled Sweyn
 
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