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Gormsson King Of Denmark, Harald "The Blue

Gormsson King Of Denmark, Harald "The Blue

Male Abt 910 - 987  (77 years)

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  1. 1.  Gormsson King Of Denmark, Harald "The BlueGormsson King Of Denmark, Harald "The Blue was born about 910 in Of, Denmark; died on 1 Nov 987.

    Family/Spouse: Gormsson, Mrs-Harald. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Gormsson, CONCUBINE OF DENMARK Saum-Aesa Mrs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, Gunhild Queen of. Gunhild was born about 930 in Of, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. King Of Denmark, Norway And England, Svend I  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 965 in Of, Denmark; died on 2 Feb 1014 in , Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark.
    2. 3. Northumbria, Erik (Hring) King In  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 967 in Of, Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Gormsson Queen Of Denmark, Thora Mrs. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Olafsdotter Queen Of Denmark, Gyrithe. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 2

  1. 2.  King Of Denmark, Norway And England, Svend IKing Of Denmark, Norway And England, Svend I Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harald1) was born in 965 in Of, Denmark; died on 2 Feb 1014 in , Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England; was buried in Hellig Trefoldigheds Kirke, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Notes:



    Biographical Text:
    England was the preferred goal and largest source of income for the Vikings. The country was divided into a number of small kingdoms which were often at odds, a situation the Danes knew how to make the best of. In 835 they plundered the area surrounding the estuary of the Thames. These plunderings can be considered the beginning of Danish activities in England throughout the next few centuries. There were plunderings, conquest of land with subsequent settlement. The end was the conquest by Svend Tveskæg and Cnute the Great of the entire country at the conclusion of the Viking era.

    In 865 a large army of Vikings planted itself in East Anglia where it began several years of war and conquest. The crucial event took place in 876 when the military leader Halfdan allocated land to his men in Northumbria. This gesture was repeated the following year in the kingdom of Mercia where the Vikings received land and became permanent settlers on farms. The rest of the army was given land in 879 in East Anglia. This meant the creation of Danelaw, the country living under Danish law and reign. Together with the royal quarters at York, the five towns of Lincoln, Stamford, Nottingham, Derby and Leicester became the strongpoints of the Danish reign.

    In the south, in the kingdom of Wessex, the English King Alfred continued to reign. In 866 a peace treaty was concluded between the Viking King Guthrum and King Alfred on peaceful relations between the two groups of people. Apparently the Danes did not consider the peace treaty particularly binding since already in 892 the Danes once again tried to subdue Wessex. A large Viking fleet arrived from the Frankish empire to England and with this as their ally the permanently settled Danes attacked Wessex. The battle went on for four years without the Vikings managing to vanquish King Alfred whereafter the Danish army disbanded. King Alfred died in 899 but his descendants gradually recaptured the Danish possessions, and by the 920s Mercia and Northumbria were once more under Anglo­Saxon supremacy. Today the Nordic settlement in England is easily discernible in the many surviving geographical names. The Vikings had brought their own name custom from home and we have examples of a number of place names identical to those used in the North, among them ­by, ­toft and ­torp. Place names alone ending on ­by are known in the former Danelaw .

    Through long periods of the 900s it was relatively peaceful along the west European and English coasts but by the end of the 900s hostilities returned. From 980 on sources tell of frequent raids and huge demands of silver for the marauding Vikings. In 1013 Svend Tveskæg subjugated all of England. He died in 1014 but in 1016 his son Cnute the Great reconquered power. King Cnute died in 1035 and with the conclusion of his reign stability in England was no more. The last Danish king occupying the English throne was Harthacnut who died in 1042.

    As already said, it is not possible to discern Norwegians, Danes and Swedes from each other in the ships crews arriving at the west European coast and England. The crews were often a mixed lot but sources clearly show that the Danes dominated in raids on England while the Norwegians played the most prominent part in the northern English isles, the Isle of Man, in Scotland and Ireland.

    Svend married Sweden Norway & Denmark, PRINCESS OF POLAND Swietoslava or Sygryda in 998. Swietoslava (daughter of Poland, Mieszko I Prince of and Bohemia, Dúbravka Princess of) was born about 970 in Of, Poznan, Poznan, Poland; died after 2 Feb 1014. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. England, Cnut I King of  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 5. Svendsdatter Princess Of Denmark, Estrid  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 997 in Of, Denmark; died in 9 May; was buried in Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, QUEEN OF DENMARK Haroldsdotter Queen of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, Gunhild Queen of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Northumbria, Erik (Hring) King InNorthumbria, Erik (Hring) King In Descendancy chart to this point (1.Harald1) was born about 967 in Of, Denmark.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  England, Cnut I King ofEngland, Cnut I King of Descendancy chart to this point (2.Svend2, 1.Harald1)

  2. 5.  Svendsdatter Princess Of Denmark, EstridSvendsdatter Princess Of Denmark, Estrid Descendancy chart to this point (2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 997 in Of, Denmark; died in 9 May; was buried in Cathedral, Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Estrid married Thorgilsson, EARL Ulf about 1018. Ulf (son of Styrjornsson, Thorgils "Sprakaleg" and Sigrid) was born about 993 in Of, HallandSweden; died on 29 Sep 1027 in Roskilde, Denmark; was buried in Hellige-Trefolg, Kirken, Roskilde, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 6. Estridsen, Niels  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1016 in England.
    2. 7. Ulfsson (Estridssen) King Of Denmark, Svend II  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1019 in England; died on 29 Apr 1076 in , Soderup, Abenraa, Denmark; was buried in Hellige-Trefolg, Kirken, Roskilde, Denmark.
    3. 8. Ulfsdatter, Githa  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020 in England.
    4. 9. Ulfiusson (Estridsen), EARL IN DENMARK Biorn (Bjorn)  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1021 in Denmark.
    5. 10. Ulfsson, EARL OF DENMARK Asbjorn  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1023 in Denmark; died in 1086.
    6. 11. Ulfsdatter, Odo  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1030 in Denmark; died in 1097.

    Family/Spouse: Vladimirovich Prince Of Vladimir Volynsk. (son of Kiev, Vladimir I "The Great" Grand Duke of and Polotsk, Rogneda Princess of) was born about 983 in Of, Vladimir Volynskij, Volyn, Ukraine; died in 1015. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Estrid married Normandy, Duke of Normandy Richard II "The Good" Duke of in 1017. Richard (son of Normandy, Richard I "Sans Peur" Duke of and Crepon, DUCHESS OF NORMANDY Gonnor De) was born about 963 in , Normandie; died on 28 Aug 1026 in Fécamp, Normandie; was buried in Fécamp, Normandie. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



Generation: 4

  1. 6.  Estridsen, NielsEstridsen, Niels Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1016 in England.

  2. 7.  Ulfsson (Estridssen) King Of Denmark, Svend IIUlfsson (Estridssen) King Of Denmark, Svend II Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1019 in England; died on 29 Apr 1076 in , Soderup, Abenraa, Denmark; was buried in Hellige-Trefolg, Kirken, Roskilde, Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Tordsdatter, CONCUBINE 3 Rannveig. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Anundsdotter Queen Of Denmark, Jutta (Gytha). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Svend married CONCUBINE 2 Mrs-Svend II in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, CONCUBINE 4 Mrs-Svend Ii of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Thorbergsdatter Queen Of Norway, Thora. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 5 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Svend married CONCUBINE 6 Mrs-Svend II in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Svend married CONCUBINE 7 Mrs-Svend II in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Svend married CONCUBINE 8 Mrs-Svend II in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, CONCUBINE 9 Mrs-Svend Ii of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 10 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 11 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 12 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: Denmark, CONCUBINE 13 Mrs-Svend Ii of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 14 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 15 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 16 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 17 Mrs-Svend Ii (Elizabeth). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: CONCUBINE 1 Mrs-Svend II. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Svend married Svendsdatter Queen Of Sweden And Denmark in Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 8.  Ulfsdatter, GithaUlfsdatter, Githa Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1020 in England.

  4. 9.  Ulfiusson (Estridsen), EARL IN DENMARK Biorn (Bjorn)Ulfiusson (Estridsen), EARL IN DENMARK Biorn (Bjorn) Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1021 in Denmark.

    Family/Spouse: Ulsiusson, Mrs-Biorn. Mrs-Biorn was born about 980 in Of, Denmark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Biornsson, Miss  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1010 in Of, Denmark.
    2. 13. Biornsson, EARL OF NORTHUMBERLAND Siward  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1020 in Of, Denmark; died in 1055 in , York, Yorkshire, England; was buried in Galmanho Abby, York, Yorkshire, England.
    3. 14. Bjornsen, Asmund  Descendancy chart to this point was born about 1047 in Of, Denmark; died about 1065.

  5. 10.  Ulfsson, EARL OF DENMARK AsbjornUlfsson, EARL OF DENMARK Asbjorn Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1023 in Denmark; died in 1086.

    Asbjorn married Bifronsdatter, Miss about 1048. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 11.  Ulfsdatter, OdoUlfsdatter, Odo Descendancy chart to this point (5.Estrid3, 2.Svend2, 1.Harald1) was born about 1030 in Denmark; died in 1097.


  

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