Gunhild Gormsdatter of Denmark

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  1. 1.  Gunhild Gormsdatter of Denmark (daughter of Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK and Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND).

    Gunhild married Eirik I "Blood-Axe" Over-King of Norway in 922. Eirik (son of Harald I "Fairhair" Halfdansson King of Norway and Queen Ragnhild "the Mighty" Eiriksdatter of Jutland) was born in 895; died in 954. [Group Sheet]

    Children:
    1. Gamle Eiriksson died in 955.
    2. Gottorm Eiriksson died in 953.
    3. Harald II "Greyskin" Eiriksson King of Norway was born on Yes, date unknown; died in 965.
    4. Ragnfredd Joint King in Norway died after 970.
    5. Ragnhild Eiriksdatter
    6. Erling Eiriksson Joint King in Norway
    7. Gudrod Eiriksson Joint King in Norway died in 999.
    8. Sigurd "Sleva" Eiriksson

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK was born about 840 (son of Horda-Knut Sigurdsson KING OF DENMARK); died in 936; was buried in Jellinge, Denmark.

    Notes:

    Gorm lived at Jelling and was a traditional Viking who had a wooden burial chamber built in a huge mound at Jelling. It was a double grave, doubtless for him and his wife. Connected with this mound, the Danish archaeologist Dyggve has traced a large triangular plot of ground framed by upright stones marking a consecrated place. It can be assumed that Gorm died sometime in the 940's.

    Gorm, "the Old", was King of Denmark from 883-941, King of East Anglia in England, 905-918, King of Seeland by conquest and by marriage of Jutland c 880. He was nicknamed "the Old" because of the length of his reign. He was a pirate in his youth and did not share his father-in-law's acceptance of Chrisitianity. He united all provinces of what is now Denmark into one state.

    Source:
    A History of the Vikings, by Gwyn Jones, pp. 204, 368-369.

    Gorm married Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND. Thyri (daughter of Klack-Harald KING OF JUTLAND) was born about 880; died in 935. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND was born about 880 (daughter of Klack-Harald KING OF JUTLAND); died in 935.
    Children:
    1. Harold II 'Bluetooth' Gormsson KING OF DENMARK was born in in Blauzahn, Germany; died in in Jomsborg, Denmark.
    2. Knut "Danaast" Gormsson OF DENMARK died about 940.
    3. 1. Gunhild Gormsdatter of Denmark


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Horda-Knut Sigurdsson KING OF DENMARK died in 850.

    Notes:

    Horda-Canute of Staelland in Denmark invaded England but was repulsed by King Alfred the Great.

    Children:
    1. Frotho King of Denmark was born about 805; died in 875.
    2. 2. Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK was born about 840; died in 936; was buried in Jellinge, Denmark.

  2. 6.  Klack-Harald KING OF JUTLAND
    Children:
    1. 3. Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND was born about 880; died in 935.


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