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• Ook bekend als Gorm "The Old" /Haraldsson/, King of Denmark.
• Roepnaam Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King of.
• Hij is geboren rond 0880 in Sjaelland Island, Denmark.
• (Ruled ) in 899-936.Bron 2
• Hij is overleden in het jaar 0936 in Jellinge Vejle, Denmark.Bronnen 2, 4, 5, 9
• Hij is begraven in Jellinge.Bronnen 4, 9
• Een kind van Harald "Parcus" King of Sjaelland ADD Denmark en Elfgifu
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 15 april 2023.

Gezin van Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King of (Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King of) Denmark zzz

Hij is getrouwd met Thyra "Ornament of Denmark" Danebod.

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Zij zijn getrouwd voor 0900.Bronnen 4, 9

Kind(eren):

1. Harald I Bluetooth King Of Denmark  ± 913-987 
2. Gunnhild Gormsdottir of Denmark  ± 910-> 970 

Notities over Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King of (Gorm "The Old" Haraldsson King of) Denmark zzz

GEN: !Royal Ancestors of Some American Families (1989) by Michel Call 11625 #1

Gorm the Old (Knut I) - unified Denmark; died about 940. (AncestralRoots & Complete Peerage say 936).

A man whose soul was ever hostile to religion. Thus did the DanishHistorian Saxo sum up the life of Gorm the old.

Gorm the old or Gorm den Gamle, appeared on the scene in the late ninthcentury and began unifying the country of Denmark.

Gorm's parentage is somewhat obscure, although we know that his father was Hardknut. As we have seen, Snorri tells us that this Hardeknut was the son of Sigurd Orm-i-Oga, who in turn was the youngest son of the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok. [Note: I have Gorm as great-grandson of Hardecanute, as I believe there were many generations between Ragnar Lodbrook and Gorm. I believe that "British Kings & Queens", "Royalty forCommoners" and several other books support my ancestry. Complete Peeragestates that Gorm assumed the throne in 899, which implies his father'sdeath date.]

According to other sources, Gorm's father Hardeknut came from Norway.While many Norwegian Vikings were seeking their fortune in the west,Hardeknut (according to this version) turned east and conquered theDanish island of Sjaelland. With little difficulty, he ousted therightful heir to the throne, a young man named Siegric, and assumed therule of the island.

When Hardeknut died, his son Gorm was accepted as king by the localinhabitants. Gorm is sometimes given the double name Hardknut Gorm, andbecause of the Knut in his name, he may be listed as Knut I in the listsof Danish kings. The root orm seen in the name Gorm (and in our Englishword "worm") means serpent, and it is found in Orm-i-Oga ("Snake Eyes")and other royal names of the day.

Gorm was not content to rule only one small island, but began to extendhis kingdom by conquest and barter. By the end of his reign he hadunified Jutland, Schleswig, many islands, part of Holstein, and someprovinces of Norway and Sweden under his rule. Thus Denmark under Gormwas larger than the Denmark we know today.

Gorm was every inch a Viking, and his subjects were given to the worstking of piracy. The Danes plundered in Smolensk and Kiev in Russia. In882 they journeyed to Aix-la-Chapelle where Karl the Great (Charlemagne)was buried, and stole the gold and silver decorations from his tomb. Overand over again, they harried France, and each time the ineffectualCarolingian king Charles the Fat was forced to pay them great quantitiesof silver in return for their agreeing to leave. . . .

After Gorm and Tyra died, their son Harald Bluetooth erected at Jellingthe largest Viking monument known. It includes two rune stones, two hugemounds, the royal grave, and a church. The inscription on the largerrune stone was intended not only to honor Harald's parents, but also tomake sure his own fame endured. It reads:

"King Harald commanded this monument to be made in memory of Gorm, hisfather, and in memory of Thorvi (Thyra) his mother - that Harald who wonthe whole of Denmark for himself, and Norway, and made the DanesChristian."

[Royal Families of Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

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Note: I have quite a different ancestry for Gorm from the above, which they admit is obscure. The only thing in common with the ancestry given above is that Gorm came from the island of Sjaelland, which his father was King of.

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