Gorm, King of Denmark

Abt 840 - 950  (111 years)

• Name	Gorm
  Nickname	the Old
  Birth	Abt 840  [1]
  History	in 883, he was crowned the King of Denmark. He was opposed Christianity. In 905, he was crowned the King of East Anglia.  [2]
  Death	After 950  [2]
  Burial	Jelling, Denmark   [2]
  	Memorials to King Gorm and Queen Thyri Carved as memorials to King Gorm "the Old" and Queen Thyri, over a thousand years ago, these two stones stand in the yard of a Romanesque church in Jelling, Denmark.
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Ráðbarðr, King of Gardarike,   b. About 638  (6 x Great Grandfather)  Bertrade, Princess of Norway  (Mother)
  Person ID, Branch	I5029	Roy Line, Boudreau Line
  Last Modified	10 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Harold II, King of Staelland   d. 899, Denmark
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Bertrade, Princess of Norway
  Relationship	Birth
  Family ID	F3927	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Thyra Danebord   d. Abt 935, Denmark
  Children	1 son and 1 daughter
  +   1. Gunhild  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Eric I, King of Norway, Jarl of Northumberland +   2. Harold III, King of Denamrk and Norway,   b. Abt 910   d. 1 Nov 988 (Age 78 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] ▻ Tofa;   Gunhilda;   Gyrith
  Family ID	F3926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2019

  
  

• Pedigree

  ← Click to display 1Gorm, King of Denmark(Abt 840 – 950) 2Harold II, King of Staelland( – 899) 4Frotho, King of Staelland( – 885) 8Horda-Knut Sigurdsson, King of Staelland( – 884) 16Sigurd "Snake-in-Eye" Ragnarson, King of Denmark( – 873) 17 9 18 19 5 10 20 21 11 22 23 3Bertrade, Princess of Norway 6 12 24 25 13 26 27 7 14 28 29 15 30 31

  
  

• Event Map		Burial - - Jelling, Denmark  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources 🟢 Primary Evidence 🟡 Secondary Evidence 🟠 Tertiary Evidence 🔴 Unreliable Evidence

  [S65] Sewell, Robert James. Sewell: A History of the Sewell Family from the Earliest Times, (unknown: manuscript, March 2008). [S60] Stuart, Roderick W., Royalty for Commoners, The Complete Known Lineage of John of Gaunt, Son of Edward III, King of England, and Queen Philippa Fourth Edition, (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 2002).