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• Roepnaam is Gorm den Gamle.
• Hij is geboren rond 893 in Danmark.
• Hij werd gedoopt in also, King of, Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in also, King of, Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in King of Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in also, King of, Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in also, King of, Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in King of Denmark.
• Alternatief: Hij werd gedoopt in King of Denmark.
• Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
• Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk.
• Alternatief: Gedoopt (op 8-jarige leeftijd of later) door het priesterschapsgezag van de LDS-kerk op 6 november 1900.
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  {geni:job_title} Kung av Danmark 910- ca 940

• in King of Denmark.
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  {geni:job_title} Konge av Danmark

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  {geni:job_title} Kung

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  {geni:job_title} Konge

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  {geni:job_title} kung 910 - 935

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  {geni:job_title} kung 910 - 935

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  {geni:job_title} Roi, de Danemark, 935

• in King of Denmark.
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• rond 910 TO ABT 936 .

  {geni:job_title} konge i Danmark

• rond 916 TO ABT 958 .
• rond 916 in Danmark.
• Woonachtig rond 892 TO ABT 896: Sydengland.
• Hij is overleden rond 961 in Jelling, DanmarkJelling.
• Hij is begraven rond 961 in Jelling, DanmarkJelling.
• Een kind van Knud Harde-Knud Sigurdsson en Ælfgifu
• Deze gegevens zijn voor het laatst bijgewerkt op 30 mei 2012.

Gezin van Gorm "Den Gamle" (Gorm "Den Gamle") "Gorm den Gamle" Hardeknudsen Konge af (Vest)Danmark

Hij is getrouwd met Thyra "Danebod" Haraldsdatter.

Zij zijn getrouwd rond 905 te Denmark.

Kind(eren):

1. Harald I «Blåtand» Gormsson  ± 910-± 986 

Notities over Gorm "Den Gamle" (Gorm "Den Gamle") "Gorm den Gamle" Hardeknudsen Konge af (Vest)Danmark

"The Old". King of Denmark from 883 to 941. King of East Anglia in England, 905to 918. King of Seeland by conquest. King of Jutland by marriage. Married Thyra Danebord (V341). Died after 950. Buried at Jellinge. Parents: HAROLD II (V680), mother unknown.

Name Suffix: Of Denmark

"The Old". King of Denmark from 883 to 941. King of East Anglia in England, 905to 918. King of Seeland by conquest. King of Jutland by marriage. Married Thyra Danebord (V341). Died after 950. Buried at Jellinge. Parents: HAROLD II (V680), mother unknown.

Name Suffix: Of Denmark

Gorm den Gamle (antagelig født mellem 908 og 918, død ca. 958), søn af Jellingdynastiets grundlægger, Knud 1. Hardeknud Svendsen, der kort efter 900 tog magten i Vestdanmark. Gorm omtales første gang som konge i de skriftlige kilder 936. Da han døde omkring 958, begravedes han i nordhøjen i Jelling, men blev senere genbegravet i den første trækirke i Jelling. Ifølge indskriften på den lille Jellingesten var han gift med Thyra (Dannebod), og på den store omtales han som Harald 1. Blåtands fader.
(Kilde: www.kongehuset.dk)

Date of residence: 0916
Place of residence: Konge i Danmark
Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling; havde også tilnavnet "Loge", d.v.s.
"den dvaske". Han var gift med Thyra og rejste sten over hende i
Jelling, hvor de begge begravedes i kæmpehøje. Sønnen Harald Blåtand
rejste dem den store Jelling-sten. Det formodes at Gorm senere er
flyttet ind i et gravkammer i den af Harald opførte stavkirke.
Gravkammeret er fundet i den nuværende kirke. Til trods for al
usikkerhed er Gorm den første danske konge efter 873, som er mere end
et navn for os. Runestenene i Jelling bekræfter at Harald var hans
søn og efterfølger og at Gorms hustru, Haralds mor, hed Tyre. Disse
indskrifter og andre mindesmærker på stedes viser at Jelling var et
vigtigt centrum for begge kongers virke. Gorm blev først begravet i
den store nordlige Jellinghøj, men efter Haralds omvendelse blev
liget flyttet og gravlagt under gulvet midt i den kirke, som Harald
byggede i nærheden. Det meste af Gorms skelet er nylig blevet fundet, og det viser at han var 40 - 50 år gammel ved sin død. Han var ca.
172 cm. høj og ikke særlig kraftigt bygget. Efter undersøgelse af
knogleresterne erklæres det, at han i lighed med de fleste midaldrende danskere led af
osteoarthritis i den nederste del af rygsøjlen. Der er fundet 72
knoglestumper og 17 tænder. Man ved ikke præcis hvor langt Gorms
kongerige strakte sig, men man kan med rimelighed regne med at han
beherskede Hedeby og Danevirke, ligesom han kan have haft magten over
hele Jylland og nabooerne. Om Gorms herkomst hersker der en del
tvivl. Datidens kronikeskrivere anfører divergerende oplysninger; Det
mest sandsynlige er, at Gorms far er Hardeknud; Adam af Bremen
skriver "... da ærkebiskop Unni besøgte danerne i 936 var Hardeknuds
søn Gorm konge".
Kilde: Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie III, side 219-221.

Gorm er antageligt et kælenavn for Guttorm. Tilnavnet 'den gamle' har
Gorm måske haft i levende live, for hans datter Gunhild opkalder sine
to sønner Gorm og Gamle (ifølge hvem?). Han bliver konge af Danmark
efter sin far Hardeknud, dvs engang efter 934. Ifølge Adam af Bremen
var biskop Unni (- 936) på missionsrejse til Sverige i 935, og havde
undervejs et møde med kong Gorm. Den beretning er dog for usikker, og
kan ikke bruges til at tidsfæste Gorms regeringstid. (Kilde: Bent
Ousager i Skalk 1957.2)

Ifølge Dudo's Normandi-kronike fra ca 1000, var der i årene op mod
842 løbende krig mellem Danmark og Sachsen, og Sachsens hertug Herman
Billung var en overgang fange i Danmark og lærte her nordisk.
Desværre ved vi ikke om det var Gnupa, Hardeknud, Gorm eller Harald
der fangede ham. Også i Widukinds sachser-kronike er kampene omtalt.
I 948 er der 3 (udenlandske) biskopper i Danmark, ifølge Adam på
foranledning af kejser Otto den Store (- 973), så tyskerne må have
vundet i den sidste ende. Danmark lå også i krig med Norge i denne
tid. Erik Blodøkses sønner ville med dansk hjælp have kongemagten fra
Håkon Adelstensfostre, men han slog dem og danskerne til lands og til
vands, og krævede derefter skat af Danmark. Dette sker omkring 947.
(Kilde: Bent Ousager i Skalk 1957.2)

Gorm er antageligt gravlagt i Jellings Nordhøj, og begravelsen er
årringsdateret til 958. Graven er siden forstyrret, antageligt er
Gorm gravet op af kristne efterkommere, og rimeligvis er det Gorms
ben, der er fundet i en grav under Jelling kirkes gulv, men derom
strides de lærde endnu.
(Kilde: Knud J Krogh: Gåden om kong Gorms grav. 1993)
(Kilde: Harald Andersen i Skalk 1995.1)
(Kilde: Erik Kroman: Det danske Rige i den ældre Vikingetid. 1976. s
93-123)
(Kilde: Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon, 2' udg. 1915-1930)
Fra Steen Thomsens database dec 1997

Undertvang sig Jylland omkring 880

Gorm den gamle, d. ca. 940, da. konge. Gift med Tyra Danebod; far til Harald Blåtann.

Konge av Danmark ca. 910 - ca. 936.

Gorm var Danmarks første konge. Han samlet riket på samme måte som Harald
Hårfagre samlet Norge. Han ligger sammen med Tyra i en mektig gravhaug ved kongsgården
Jællinge.
Kildene gir nesten ingen pålitelige opplysninger om Gorm. Selv navnet til hans far er
ukjent, men overleveringen tyder på at det var Hardeknud. Man vet ikke når og på hvilken
måte Gorm overtok riket eller når han giftet seg med sin berømte dronning Tyre Danmarksbod.
Tradisjonen har konsentrert seg om henne, og Gorm trekkes frem kun i forhold til henne.

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion).

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion). [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, JELLING]

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion).

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion). [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, JELLING]

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion).

Jelling stones, two 10th-century royal gravestones found in Jutland, best known of all Danish runic inscriptions. The earlier stone, a memorial honouring Queen Thyre, was commissioned by her husband, King Gormthe Old, last pagan king of Denmark. The other, erected in memory of his parents by Harald Bluetooth, son of Gorm and Thyre, ruler of Denmark and Norway, and Christianizer of Denmark, is a three-sided pyramid,two sides bearing pictures and the third, an inscription. Its carvings depict ornamental animal forms, sophisticated interlacing linear patterns, and a Christian theme (the Crucifixion). [Encyclopaedia Britannica CD '97, JELLING]

Man mener at have fundet Gorms skelet. Da man gravede i gravhøjen viste den sig at være tom, alt indhold var fjernet gennem et hul i loftet. da man senere fandt en række skeletstumper under den første kirke, som Gorms søn Harald byggede i nærheden, mente man at det måtte være resterne af Gorm.
Hvis det virkelig er Gorm kan man konstatere, at han var 40-50 år dan han døde, og at han var ca. 172 cm høj - en ret høj mand dengang.

- Hvis han blev 40-50 år og døde i vinteren 958-959. Kunne han umuligt have født Harald Blåtand i 911.

He was the Danish ruler who founded the dynasty centered at Jutland that
succeeded in uniting Denmark.

Gorn "The Old" Hardeknudsson King of Denmark

Born: Abt 840, Denmark

Married to Thyre Haroldsdatter Queen of Denmark

Died: Abt 940, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark

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Gorm the Old
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Gorm the Old (Gorm den Gamle) was King of Denmark in the mid-900s. He was the husband of Thyra (to whom he raised the older of the two Jelling stones) and the father of King Harald Bluetooth.

Runestone for Thyra, frontsideThe son of Danish king Harthacnut, Gorm is one of the most misinterpreted figures in Danish history. Often maligned as a cruel old dotard and a staunch heathen,[citation needed] Gorm was born in the late 800s, and died in 958 according to dendrochronological studies of the wood in his burial chamber.[citation needed]

His ancestry may lie with the Danish rulers in East Anglia, one of which was named Guthrum, a form of the name Gorm. His father came to Denmark around 916 or 917 and deposed the young king Sigtrygg Gnupasson, and when Harthaknut died, Gorm ascended to the throne. Claims that he took it by force, or that he only ruled part of the peninsula of Jutland are almost certainly erroneous…[citation needed] Gorm's great-great-grandson king Sweyn Estridsson referred to both Gorm and his father as kings of (all of) Denmark, not just parts of the country.

Gorm was neither old nor unwise; when correctly interpreted, early sources point to him as being open-minded and pragmatic [citation needed] as far as Denmark's relationship with the Christian neighbors to the south was concerned, but earlier historians often confused him with his father who supposedly withstood the coming of Christianity for as long as he lived. However, the small runestone in Jelling can be interpreted as a claim that Gorm defended Denmark from Christianity, as he is somewhat vaguely defined as the protector of Denmark.

His skeleton is believed to have been found at the site of the first Christian church of Jelling. During the reign of Gorm, most Danes still worshipped the Norse gods, but during the reign of Gorm's son Harold Bluetooth, Denmark officially converted to Christianity. Harold supposedly moved the skeleton of his father from its original resting place into the church, but left the hill where Gorm had originally been interred as a memorial.

Preceded by:
Harthacnut King of Denmark Succeeded by:
Harald I

He was the Danish ruler who founded the dynasty centered at Jutland that
succeeded in uniting Denmark.

Gorm den Gamle (antagelig født mellem 908 og 918, død ca. 958), søn af Jellingdynastiets grundlægger, Knud 1. Hardeknud Svendsen, der kort efter 900 tog magten i Vestdanmark. Gorm omtales første gang som konge i de skriftlige kilder 936. Da han døde omkring 958, begravedes han i nordhøjen i Jelling, men blev senere genbegravet i den første trækirke i Jelling. Ifølge indskriften på den lille Jellingesten var han gift med Thyra (Dannebod), og på den store omtales han som Harald 1. Blåtands fader.
(Kilde: www.kongehuset.dk)

Date of residence: 0916
Place of residence: Konge i Danmark
Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling; havde også tilnavnet "Loge", d.v.s.
"den dvaske". Han var gift med Thyra og rejste sten over hende i
Jelling, hvor de begge begravedes i kæmpehøje. Sønnen Harald Blåtand
rejste dem den store Jelling-sten. Det formodes at Gorm senere er
flyttet ind i et gravkammer i den af Harald opførte stavkirke.
Gravkammeret er fundet i den nuværende kirke. Til trods for al
usikkerhed er Gorm den første danske konge efter 873, som er mere end
et navn for os. Runestenene i Jelling bekræfter at Harald var hans
søn og efterfølger og at Gorms hustru, Haralds mor, hed Tyre. Disse
indskrifter og andre mindesmærker på stedes viser at Jelling var et
vigtigt centrum for begge kongers virke. Gorm blev først begravet i
den store nordlige Jellinghøj, men efter Haralds omvendelse blev
liget flyttet og gravlagt under gulvet midt i den kirke, som Harald
byggede i nærheden. Det meste af Gorms skelet er nylig blevet fundet, og det viser at han var 40 - 50 år gammel ved sin død. Han var ca.
172 cm. høj og ikke særlig kraftigt bygget. Efter undersøgelse af
knogleresterne erklæres det, at han i lighed med de fleste midaldrende danskere led af
osteoarthritis i den nederste del af rygsøjlen. Der er fundet 72
knoglestumper og 17 tænder. Man ved ikke præcis hvor langt Gorms
kongerige strakte sig, men man kan med rimelighed regne med at han
beherskede Hedeby og Danevirke, ligesom han kan have haft magten over
hele Jylland og nabooerne. Om Gorms herkomst hersker der en del
tvivl. Datidens kronikeskrivere anfører divergerende oplysninger; Det
mest sandsynlige er, at Gorms far er Hardeknud; Adam af Bremen
skriver "... da ærkebiskop Unni besøgte danerne i 936 var Hardeknuds
søn Gorm konge".
Kilde: Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie III, side 219-221.

Gorm er antageligt et kælenavn for Guttorm. Tilnavnet 'den gamle' har
Gorm måske haft i levende live, for hans datter Gunhild opkalder sine
to sønner Gorm og Gamle (ifølge hvem?). Han bliver konge af Danmark
efter sin far Hardeknud, dvs engang efter 934. Ifølge Adam af Bremen
var biskop Unni (- 936) på missionsrejse til Sverige i 935, og havde
undervejs et møde med kong Gorm. Den beretning er dog for usikker, og
kan ikke bruges til at tidsfæste Gorms regeringstid. (Kilde: Bent
Ousager i Skalk 1957.2)

Ifølge Dudo's Normandi-kronike fra ca 1000, var der i årene op mod
842 løbende krig mellem Danmark og Sachsen, og Sachsens hertug Herman
Billung var en overgang fange i Danmark og lærte her nordisk.
Desværre ved vi ikke om det var Gnupa, Hardeknud, Gorm eller Harald
der fangede ham. Også i Widukinds sachser-kronike er kampene omtalt.
I 948 er der 3 (udenlandske) biskopper i Danmark, ifølge Adam på
foranledning af kejser Otto den Store (- 973), så tyskerne må have
vundet i den sidste ende. Danmark lå også i krig med Norge i denne
tid. Erik Blodøkses sønner ville med dansk hjælp have kongemagten fra
Håkon Adelstensfostre, men han slog dem og danskerne til lands og til
vands, og krævede derefter skat af Danmark. Dette sker omkring 947.
(Kilde: Bent Ousager i Skalk 1957.2)

Gorm er antageligt gravlagt i Jellings Nordhøj, og begravelsen er
årringsdateret til 958. Graven er siden forstyrret, antageligt er
Gorm gravet op af kristne efterkommere, og rimeligvis er det Gorms
ben, der er fundet i en grav under Jelling kirkes gulv, men derom
strides de lærde endnu.
(Kilde: Knud J Krogh: Gåden om kong Gorms grav. 1993)
(Kilde: Harald Andersen i Skalk 1995.1)
(Kilde: Erik Kroman: Det danske Rige i den ældre Vikingetid. 1976. s
93-123)
(Kilde: Salmonsens Konversations Leksikon, 2' udg. 1915-1930)
Fra Steen Thomsens database dec 1997

Undertvang sig Jylland omkring 880

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King of Denmark and Thrya.

There if a period of 38 years where no king of Denmark is listed, probabley Harold Parcus and Gormo Del Gammel are the missing Kings Harold is listed as both Both Harold VII and Harold VIII

There is a problem in this line, in this area, both Harde Knud and Frotho VI, King of Denmark, are listed as the father of Gromo; who was the father of Harold" Blaatand"( Bluetooth), King of Denmark (910 - 986). Harolds mother is listed as Sida and/or Thyre - Gormo's Wives. More research needs to be done in this area. Harold Gormosson is listed in Scandinavian Mythology as Harald "Wartooth" and/or Harald "Greycloak", who was bapitized a Christian by the priest, Poppo.

[1712] DUDLE.GED, d 936

DEATH: COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve Roots) PAGE 6

WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 34883332 = 34900772 = 3682844

Father: Frotho, previousy 'Frotho' only, no dates or places (from DUDLE.GED file?)
in conflict with WSHNGT.ASC file (Geo Washington Ahnentafel) # 69766664 = 1841422*2*2 = 7365688

Grandfather: Hard Knud, King of Denmark, d abt 850; DEAT SOUR COMYN4.TAF (Compuserve) PAGE 8

Gorm of Denmark
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Gorm the Old (Danish: Gorm den Gamle) (died 958/959) was a Jutland chieftain. He became king of the Danes and as king he resided in Jelling, where he set up a monument for his wife Thyra.

With king Gorm (or 'Kurm' as is the spelling on the Jelling stone, king Harold's memorial over his father and mother), the Danish line of kings officially begins. We know of earlier regents, at least some of whom probably ruled all of what is now Denmark and part of Sweden, but there are huge gaps in the sources of the time, and only with Gorm and his son Harold are we on completely safe ground, historically speaking.

It is believed that it is his skeleton that has been found at the site of the first Christian church of Jelling. At the time of the reign of Gorm, the Danes believed in the Norse mythology, and it was not until the reign of Gorm's son, Harold Bluetooth, that the Danes converted to Christianity.

It is believed that Harold moved the skeleton of his father from the original grave into the church. Why he simply didn't build the church on top of his father's grave remains a mystery. Some historians have considered this a result of a dispute between Gorm and Harold.

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Frederick Rose's Genealogy
URL: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=PED&db=:1416850&id=I88739834
ID: I97092886
Name: (King) Gorm (The Old) DE GAMMEL
Given Name: (King) Gorm (The Old)
Surname: De Gammel
Sex: M
Birth: 860
Death: 931
MARR:
Note:
King of Denmark, 883-941; King of East Anglia in England, 905-918;
King of Sjaelland by conquest; and by marriage, of Jutland, circa 880.

Sjaelland and Jutland were united under him.

Father: (King) Horda-Knut SIGURDSSON b: 844
Mother: Elgira (Elgiva)

Marriage 1 Thyra (Klacksdattir) OF JUTLAND b: < 907
Children
(King) Herbastus DE CREPON b: 911

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Gorm was a pagan and he raised a memorial stone to his wife at church at Jelling, Jutland. Wife Thri was a Christian. King of Denmark 883-941; King of East Anglia, England 905-918; King of Seeland by conquest. Sjaelland and Jutland were united under him.
Gorm the Old (Knut I) - unified Denmark; died about 940. (Ancestral Roots & Complete Peerage say 936).
A man whose soul was ever hostile to religion. Thus did the Danish Historian Saxo sum up the life of Gorm the old. Gorm the old or Gorm den Gamle, appeared on the scene in the late ninth century 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 for Commoners" and several other books support my ancestry. Complete Peerage states that Gorm assumed the throne in 899, which implies his father's death 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 the Danish island of Sjaelland. With little difficulty, he ousted the rightful heir to the throne, a young man named Siegric, and assumed the rule of the island.
When Hardeknut died, his son Gorm was accepted as king by the local inhabitants. Gorm is sometimes given the double name Hardknut Gorm, and because of the Knut in his name, he may be listed as Knut I in the lists of Danish kings. The root orm seen in the name Gorm (and in our English word "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 extend his kingdom by conquest and barter. By the end of his reign he had unified Jutland, Schleswig, many islands, part of Holstein, and some provinces of Norway and Sweden under his rule. Thus Denmark under Gorm was larger than the Denmark we know today.
Gorm was every inch a Viking, and his subjects were given to the worst king of piracy. The Danes plundered in Smolensk and Kiev in Russia. In 882 they journeyed to Aix-la-Chapelle where Karl the Great (Charlemagne) was buried, and stole the gold and silver decorations from his tomb. Over and over again, they harried France, and each time the ineffectual Carolingian king Charles the Fat was forced to pay them great quantities of silver in return for their agreeing to leave. . . .
After Gorm and Tyra died, their son Harald Bluetooth erected at Jelling the largest Viking monument known. It includes two rune stones, two huge mounds, the royal grave, and a church. The inscription on the larger rune stone was intended not only to honor Harald's parents, but also to make sure his own fame endured. It reads:
"King Harald commanded this monument to be made in memory of Gorm, his father, and in memory of Thorvi (Thyra) his mother - that Harald who won the whole of Denmark for himself, and Norway, and made the Danes Christian." [Royal Families of Scandinavia, Flanders, and Kiev]

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Gorm the Old (Danish: Gorm den Gamle) (died 958/959) was a Jutlandchieftain. He became king of the Danes and as king he resided inJelling, where he set up a monument for his wife Thyra. According tothe Icelandic sagas, he was the grandson or perhaps great-grandson ofSigurd Snake-Eye, the son of Ragnar Lodbrok. His father is believed tohave been a man named Harthaknut (Danish: Hardeknud), a Dane ordescendant of Danish settlers who came to Denmark from Normandy in theearly 900s and claimed kingship in (parts of?) Jutland.

With king Gorm (or 'Kurm' as is the spelling on the Jelling stone,king Harold's memorial over his father and mother), the Danish line ofkings officially begins. We know of earlier regents, at least some ofwhom probably ruled all of what is now Denmark and part of Sweden, butthere are huge gaps in the sources of the time, and only with Gorm andhis son Harold are we on completely safe ground, historicallyspeaking.

It is believed that it is his skeleton that has been found at the siteof the first Christian church of Jelling. At the time of the reign ofGorm, the Danes believed in the Norse mythology, and it was not untilthe reign of Gorm's son, Harold Bluetooth, that the Danes converted toChristianity.

It is believed that Harold moved the skeleton of his father from theoriginal grave into the church. Why he simply didn't build the churchon top of his father's grave remains a mystery. Some historians haveconsidered this a result of a dispute between Gorm and Harold.

Kung av Danmark.

See Europ)sch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 70.

See Europ)sch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 70.

#Générale##Générale#Profession: Roi de Danemark de 896 à 958.
On dit qu'il est mort de douleur à l'annonce del'assassinat de son fils Knut.
D'autres disent qu'il est mort en 928.

{geni:occupation} King of Denmark.,Kung av Danmark, Konge av Danmark vv.916-951, Konge i Danmark, Konge af Danmark, Kung.

{geni:about_me} ==Gorm den gamle==
==Gorm the Old, King of the Danes==

==Links:==

*[http://www.geneall.net/W/per_page.php?id=635871 Geneall]
*[http://kongehuset.dk/english/history/lineage/ The Royal Lineage]
*[http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm#Gormdiedbefore950A Medland]
*[http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/k/o/Flemming-K-Skov/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0001.html Familytreemaker]
*[http://kongehuset.dk/monarkiet/stamtraeer/gorm/ Stamtræ] In Danish
*[http://www.danmarkskonger.dk/king1.htm Kings of Denmark]
*[http://www.vikingmagasin.dk/vikinglex/gormdengamle.htm Vikinge lex] In Danish
*[http://danmarkshistorien.dk/leksikon-og-kilder/vis/materiale/gorm-den-gamle/ Danmarkshistorien] In Danish
*'''King of Denmark''' c. 936 – c. 958
>'''Predecessor:''' Recognized as the first king of Denmark '''Successor''' [http://www.geni.com/people/index/5473882692080138743 Harald Bluetooth]
*'''Wikipedia''' [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_the_Old English ] [http://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_den_Gamle Dansk]

See Europäisch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 70.

This elder Gorm was a direct ancestor. I am showing some of the lines -there are also some additional lines of descent - but not includingliving individuals. One of Gorm's lines went to become the ancestors ofthe Norman conquerors of Britain (Robert "The Admiral" Le Blount,commander of William the Conqeror's navy), the other line shown hasdescendants married into the Saxon royalty in Britain.

Direct Descendants of Gorm

1 Gorm
... +Sida
2 Harold V
.... +Elgiva
3 Gottfried 852 - 885
..... +Gisela 869 - 908
4 Siegfried Le Danois, Count of Guisnes 905 -
...... +Elstrude De Flandres 932 -
5 Ardolph 930 -
. 6 Rodolph 980 -
.. 7 Robert Le Blount 1029 -
.. 8 Gilbert Le Blount 1071 -
... 9 William Le Blount 1096 - 1169
.... 10 Gilbert Blount 1120 - 1188
.... 11 Stephen Le Blount 1166 - 1235
..... 12 Robert Le Blount 1197 - 1288
........... +Isabel Odinsels
...... 13 William Le Blount 1233 - 1316
............ +Isabel De Beauchamp
...... 14 Walter Le Blount 1270 - 1322
............ +Johanna De Sodington
....... 15 John Le Blount 1298 - 1358
............. +Eleanore Beauchamp
........ 16 Walter Le Blount 1348 -
......... 17 James Blount 1382 -
......... 18 Roger Blount 1408 -
.......... 19 Walter Blount 1438 -
........... 20 Roger Blount 1464 - 1542
........... 21 William Blount 1486 - 1546
............ 22 John Blount 1530 - 1598
.................. +Joan Sneade
............. 23 John Blount 1560 - 1598
............. 24 Francis Blount - 1618
................... +Margaret Hunbury 1576 - 1630
.............. 25 Ann Blount 1597 - 1694
.................... +Thomas Berwyke or Berwick 1594 -
............... 26 Grace Berwick 1617 - 1694
..................... +William Ballard 1603 - 1689
............... 27 Hester Ester Ballard 1632 - 1716/17
..................... +Joseph Jenckes 1628 - 1716/17
................ 28 William Jenckes 1677 - 1765
...................... +Patience Sprague 1674 - 1730
................. 29 William Jenks 1700 - 1765
....................... +Amphillis Smith
.................. 30 William Jenks 1745 - 1815
....................... +Esther Tingley
.................. 31 Joel Jenks 1761 - 1838
........................ +Lucy Holbrook 1763 - 1833
................... 32 Lucy Jenks 1790 - 1882
......................... +Ezekial Comstock 1788 - 1848
.................... 33 William Wallace Comstock 1823 - 1902
.......................... +Margaret Melvina Carruthers 1829 - 1914
.................... 34 Wallace Melvin Comstock 1860 -
.......................... +Callista M. Nelson
..................... 35 Grace Comstock 1897 - 1951
........................... +Lynn D. Searcy 1895 - 1970

3 Gorm the Old, King of Denmark and East Anglia - 931
..... +Thyra of Jutland
4 HaroldIII, King of Denmark 911 - 986
...... +Byrid
5 Princess of Denmark Thyra 956 - 984
...... +Styrbiorn
. 6 Thorkel Sprakalog
.. 7 Edgitha of England 960 -
........ +Morcar of England 960 -
.. 8 Ealdgyth, Queen of England 986 -
........ +Edmund II, King of England 988 - 1016
... 9 Edward 1016 - 1057
......... +Agatha Von Brunswick 1018 - 1024
.... 10 Margaret 1045 - 1093
.......... +Malcolm III 1031 - 1093
.... 11 David 1080 - 1153
.......... +Matilda Huntingon 1072 - 1130
..... 12 Henry of Huntingdon 1114 - 1152
........... +Ada De Warenne 1104 -
...... 13 William I 1143 - 1214
............ +Isabel Avenel 1143 -
...... 14 Isabel Canmore of Huntingdon 1150 -
............ +Robert De Ros 1170 - 1226
....... 15 William De Ros 1196 - 1246
............. +Lucia Fitz Piers 1250 -
........ 16 William De Ros 1244 - 1310
.............. +Eustace Fitzhugh 1268 -
......... 17 Lucy De Ros 1270 - 1332
............... +Robert De Plumpton 1268 - 1325
......... 18 William De Plumpton 1294 - 1362
............... +Christiana Mowbray 1305 - 1362
.......... 19 Alicia De Plumpton 1332 - 1400
................ +John Boteler 1335 -
........... 20 Alice Boteler 1383 - 1442
................. +Thomas Gerard 1386 - 1416
........... 21 Constance Gerard 1402 - 1468
................. +Alexander Standish 1400 - 1445
............ 22 Oliver Standish 1428 -
............. 23 Grace Standish
................... +Fairclough
............. 24 Lawrence Fairclough 1494 -
................... +Elizabeth 1498 -
.............. 25 Thomas Fairclough 1520 - 1559
.................... +Millicent Barr 1525 - 1585
............... 26 Mary Fairclough 1555 - 1631
..................... +Thomas Allen 1560 - 1635
............... 27 [9] Jane Allen 1586/87 - 1626
..................... +[8] Peter Bulkeley 1582/83 - 1658/59
................ 28 [10] Edward Bulkeley 1614 - 1695/96
................. 29 [11] Peter Bulkeley 1640/41 - 1688
....................... +[12] Rebecca Wheeler 1645 - 1716/17
.................. 30 [13] Joseph Bulkeley 1670 - 1748
....................... +[14] Rebecca Jones 1662/63 - 1712
.................. 31 [15] Rebecca Bulkeley 1696 - 1772
........................ +[16] Joseph Hubbard 1688/89 - 1768
................... 32 [17] Joseph Hubbard 1714/15 - 1799
......................... +[18] Phebe Brigham 1721 - 1804
.................... 33 [19] Peter Hubbard 1754 - 1826
.......................... +[20] Phoebe Brigham 1752 - 1810
.................... 34 [21] Joel Hubbard 1790 - 1871
.......................... +[22] Betsy Putnam Bartlett 1789 - 1822
..................... 35 [23] George Hubbard 1820 - 1850
........................... +[24] Salome Aimee Cox 1823 - 1880
...................... 36 [25] George Melvin Hubbard 1849 - 1906
............................ +[26] Mary R. Pierce 1853 -
...................... 37 [27] George Edwin Hubbard 1871 - 1894
............................ +[28] Abbie Lizzie Woodward 1873 - 1956
....................... 38 [29] Mildred Eleanor Woodward Hubbard 1895 -
............................. +[30] Frederick William Morse 1893 - 1950
........................ 39 [31] Virginia Ruth Morse 1920 - 2001

Many generations prior to Gorm the Old, we had Gormon I:

Direct Descendants of Gormon I

1 Gormon I
2 Gotrick
3 Sigurd
..... +? Godfredsdotter
4 Sigurd Ring Sigurdsson
5 Ragnar Lodbrok Sigurdsson
...... +Asklog Sigurdsdotter
. 6 Sigvard Ormoga "Snake-Eyed" Ragnarsson
....... +Heluna Bjaju Ellusdotter
.. 7 Eric II "The Usurper" Sigvardsson King of Denmar
.. 8 Knut I "The Little" King of Denmark
... 9 Frode VI
......... +? Knutsdotter
.... 10 Gorm
.......... +Sida
.... 11 Harold V
.......... +Elgiva
..... 12 Gorm the Old, King of Denmark and East Anglia - 931

Gorm the Old of Denmark, was said to have ruled 100 winters, which, of course, was impossible. Sopme records say he died 836 - others state it was in 840. He was about age 80.

Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling; havde også tilnavnet "Løge", d.v.s. "den
dvaske". Han var gift med Thyra og rejste sten over hende i Jelling, hvor de
begge begravedes i kæmpehøje. Sønnen Harald Blåtend rejste dem den store
Jelling-sten.

See Europ)sch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 70.

TITEL: Konge af Danmark

Konge af Danmark.
Født caca 900 (anslået).
Begr 958 i Jelling. Gorm er antageligt et kælenavn for
Guttorm. Tilnavnet 'den gamle' har Gorm måske haft i
levende live, for hans datter Gunhild opkalder sine to
sønner Gorm og Gamle. (Note 4) (Guve' om den holder?)
Han bliver konge af Danmark efter sin far Hardeknud, dvs
engang efter 934.
Ifølge Adam af Bremen var biskop Unni (- 936) på
missionsrejse til Sverige i 935, og havde undervejs et
møde med kong Gorm. Den beretning er dog for usikker, og
kan ikke bruges til at tidsfæste Gorms regeringstid.
(Note 5)

Ifølge Dudo's Normandi-krønike fra ca 1000, var der i
årene op mod 842 løbende krig mellem Danmark og Sachsen,
og Sachsens hertug Herman Billung var en overgang fange
i Danmark og lærde her nordisk. Desværre ved vi ikke om
det var Gnupa, Hardeknud, Gorm eller Harald der fangede
ham. Også i Widukinds sachser-krønike er kampene omtalt.
I 948 er der 3 (udenlandske) biskopper i Danmark, ifølge
Adam på foranledning af kejser Otto den Store (- 973),
så tyskerne må have vundet i den sidste ende.
Danmark lå også i krig med Norge i denne tid. Erik
Blodøkses sønner ville med dansk hjælp have kongemagten
fra Håkon Adelstensfostre, men han slog dem og danskerne
til lands og til vands, og krævede derefter skat af
Danmark. Dette sker omkring 947. (Note 6)

Gorm er antageligt gravlagt i Jellings Nordhøj, og
begravelsen er årringsdateret til 958. Graven er siden
forstyrret, antageligt er Gorm gravet op af kristne
efterkommere, og rimeligvis er det Gorms ben, der er
fundet i en grav under Jelling kirkes gulv, men derom
strides de lærde endnu

Familj med Tyra (Danebod) KLAKSDOTTER (880 - 935)
Barn: Gunhild av DANMARK (905 - 972)

Noteringar
Bilden ovan föreställer den minnessten i Jellinge, Danmark, som sonen Harald 'Blåtand', rest till föräldrarnas minne. Den låter veta: - 'Kung Harald gjorde detta minnesmärke efter Gorm, sin fader och efter Tyra, sin moder, den Harald, som åt sig vann hela Danmark och Norge och gjorde danerna kristna.' - (Källa: Vikingen, Nordbok 1975)

I början av 900-talet var Skåne ett eget kungarike med en egen kung av urgammal ätt. I Hedeby på Jylland regerade Gorm 'den gamle', men hans makt sträckte sig inte till öarna och än mindre till Skåne. Gorms son Harald 'Blåtand' blev erkänd som kung även på öarna och flyttade från Hedeby till Lejre på Själland. Men i Skåne blev hans bror Knut vald vid Tre Högar sedan den siste kungen av Kiars ätt dött barnlös. (Källa: Egen sammanställning från olika källor.)

Runorna berättar i regel om okända män, vilkas död framstår som den mest betydelsefulla händelsen i deras liv. Detta gäller dock inte två stenar vid Jellinge på Jylland, vilka omnämner några av de historiskt mest betydelsefulla gestalterna i 900-talets Danmark och i få rader summerar deras livsverk. En av dem från år 935 förmäler: -'Kung Gorm gjorde detta minnesmärke åt Tyra, sin hustru Danmarks räddare.' - Det framgår inte säkert i den danska runtexten om 'Danmarks raddare' (tanmarka but) syftar på Gorm eller hans hustru. Gorm hade stor andel i Danmarks frigörelse från svenska och tyska inkräktare, men Tyra tycks med ännu större rätt bära epitetet. Enligt traditionen var det hon som lät rekrytera alla arbetsföra danska män för bygga Danevirke, ett befästningsverk mot söder tvärs över Jylland - det var hon som motstod den tyske kejsarens inviter att lämna sin make - det var hon som förutom sin skönhet ägde 'Nestors slughet, Odyssevs skarpsinne och Salomos visdom'. (Källa: Vikingen, Nordbok 1975)

The last great pagan ruler of Denmark. Dead about 935 AD. King in Jutland and probably also in Fyn. Most likely, he derived his origin from a Norwegian family. GormÞs wife Tyra was given the name Danebod. Gorm resided in Jelling, central Jutland. Two mounds has been excavated in Jelling, one of them contained a wooden chamber. It has been dated by tree-ring analysis to 958/9, and contained probably the burial of King Gorm. King Gorm and his wife Tyra were reinterred in the adjacent church by their son Harald 'Bluetooth', who was a Christian. (Källa: University of Hull)

"Tan" er hud eller skinn, trolig beslektet med ordet "teint".

En anden teori angiver "tan" = "høvding", jvf det skotske "thane" el.
"thain"; måske som i det oldengelske navn "Wulfstan" og det oldnordiske
"Hildetan".

887309496. Kong Gorm Den Gamle KNUTSON Danmark was born about 840.(22159) He was a Konge between 860 and 956 in Danmark.(22160) Han var Danmarks første konge, idet han samlet riket på samme måte som Harald Hårfagre samlet Norge. He died about 936. (22161) He was buried in Jellinge. (22162) Han ligger sammen med Tyra i enmektig gravhaug ved kongsgården Jællinge Kildene gir nesten ingen pålitelige opplysninger om Gorm. Selv navnet til hans far er ukjent, men overleveringen tyder på at det var hardeknud. Man vet ikke når og på hvilken måte Gorm overtok riket eller når han giftet seg med sin berømte dronning Tyre Danmarksbod. Tradisjonen har konsentert seg om henne, og Gorm trekkes frem kun i forhold til henne
He was married to Dronning Thyra Klakksdtr DANEBOD Danmark. (22163)

Alias: King of /Denmark/
Gorm, the Old, so called from the length of hisreign. He married the
beautiful Thyra Dannebod (Ornament of Denmark), daughter of Harold Klak.
They had twin sons, Knud and Harold, rivals in glory. Knudwas the
favorite of his father, and had been absent sometime, and the King
fearing his death had vowed to kill the one that brought the news of his
death. Finally the notice of his death was given and the Queen, not
risking to tell it to the King, made all the courtiers observe an unusual
silence at the table and had the apartment covered with black. Guessing
the reason, Gorm cried out: "Surely Knud, my dear son, is dead as all
Denmark is mourning." "Thousayest so, not I." answered the Queen; upon
which the King sickened with grief and died in a good old age, in 941

* OCCUPATION: Konge av Danmark 916-951
* BIRTH: ABT 0840
* DEATH: 0959

SOURCE NOTES:
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http://www.masterliness.com/a/Gorm.the.Old.of.Denmark.htm
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Danmark (916-940)

Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling; havde også tilnavnet "Løge", d.v.s. "den
dvaske". Han var gift med Thyra og rejste sten over hende i Jelling, hvor de
begge begravedes i kæmpehøje. Sønnen Harald Blåtand rejste dem den store
Jelling-sten. Det var formentlig også Harald, der lod deres lig flytte ind i en
grav under Jellingkirkens gulv.

Jelling, n v om Vejle.
Danmarks första kung. Vid kyrkan i Vejle står två runstenar över Gorm och
Tyra.

Gorm den gamle var konge av Danmark på midten av 900-tallet. Hans hustru var Tyra Danebod som han senere reiste den eldste av de to runesteinene på Jelling til minne om. Gorm var sønn av den danske kongen Hardeknut og var selv far til Harald Blåtann, som etterfulgte ham som konge. Gorms senere slektning, Svein Estridsson, refererte til både Gorm og hans far som ?konger av Danmark?, men det er vanskelig å presisere Danmarks geografiske omfang under Gorm.

Moderne historikere mener at Gorm styrte fra Jelling og at han neppe var konge over hele Danmark, snarere over Jylland og Sønderjylland. Han regnes likevel ofte som den første konge i den danske kongerekken. Det skyldes at han er den første konge som nevnes i samtidige, danske kilder, det vil si de to runesteinene på Jelling. Teksten på den lille Jellingsteinen sier:

kurmr kunukr karthi kubl thusi aft thurui kunu sina tanmakar but
Gorm konge gjorde kumler disse etter Tyra kone sin Danmarks bod
Gorm omtales også på den store Jellingsteinen hvor det står:

Haraltr kunukr bath kaurua kubl thausi aft kurm fathur sin auk aft thaurui muthur sina sa haraltr ias sar uan tanmaurk ala auk nuruiak auk tani karthi kristna
Harald konge bød gjøre kumler disse etter Gorm far sin og etter Tyra mor sin, den Harald som seg vant Danmark alle og Norge og danene gjorde kristne
Ut fra disse tekstene kan det sluttes at Gorm den gamle var gift med Tyra og far til Harald Blåtann. At Gorm underla seg Norge er en overdrivelse. I beste fall var det noen småkonger i Viken som betalte skatt til ham, danskekongen.

Det antas at Gorm ved sin død ble begravd i gravkammeret i den nordlige gravhaugen i Jelling, og at han senere ble flyttet til en grav i kirken. Trestokker fra gravkammeret er datert dendrokronologisk. Det viste seg at treet var hogd ned sent på året 958. Gorm må altså ha vært død dette året. Gorms skjelett er funnet ved en utgravning i kirken, og en undersøkelse av det har vist at han ved sin død var mellom 35 og 50 år gammel.

Gorm den Gamle omtales av Snorre Sturlasson og Adam av Bremen. Snorre kaller ham for ?Gorm Hardeknutsson?. Det er derfor man har gått utifra at Gorm var sønn av Hardeknut. Gorms forfedre kan ha sin opprinnelse hos danske herskere i East Anglia i England. En av disse het ?Guthrum?, som er en form av navnet Gorm. Hans far kom til Danmark rundt 916 eller 917 og avsatte den unge kongen Sigtrygg Gnupasson. Da Hardeknut selv døde, arvet Gorm kongetronen. Antagelsen at han tok den med makt er sannsynligvis ikke riktig.

Gorm er en av de mest misforståtte figurer i dansk historie. Han ble ofte svertet som en grusom og senil gamling og i tillegg en innbitt hedning. I virkeligheten var han verken gammel eller uklok. De tidligste kildene peker i steden på en pragmatisk og framsynt konge i forhold til Danmarks kristne naboer i syd.

Tidligere historikere har ofte blandet sammen Gorm med hans far Hardeknut. Sistnevnte sto antagelig imot misjonering av kristendommen hele sitt liv. Dog kan den lille runesteinen på Jelling tolkes som om Gorm forsvarte Danmark mot kristendommen ettersom han upresist defineres som ?Danmarks beskytter?. I den grad folk flest ble kristne skjedde det langsomt og møysommelig. I Gorms tid var det store flertallet hedninger, men under Harald Blåtann ble landet offisielt kristent. I løpet av kanskje de neste to generasjonene ble kristendommen også en naturlig del av hele befolkningens tro og tankesett.

Gorm the Old
899-936
Born abt 840. Father: Hardecanute Sigurdsen. He became King in 899.

He married Thyri Klacksdottir. Children: Harald I Bluetooth, Knud Danaast

Gorm the Old (Gorm den Gamle) was King of Denmark in the mid-900s. He was the husband of Thyra (to whom he raised the older of the two Jelling stones) and the father of King Harald Bluetooth.

The son of Danish king Harthacnut, Gorm is one of the most misinterpreted figures ever in Danish history. Often maligned as a cruel old dotard and a staunch heathen,[citation needed] Gorm was born in the late 800s, and died in 958 according to dendrochronological studies of the wood in his burial chamber.[citation needed]

His ancestry descends from Danes who ruled East Anglia, one of whom was named Guthrum, a form of the name Gorm. His father came to Denmark around 916 or 917 and deposed the young king Sigtrygg Gnupasson, and when Harthaknut died, Gorm ascended to the throne. Claims that he took it by force, or that he only ruled part of the peninsula of Jutland are almost certainly erroneous…[citation needed] Gorm's great-great-grandson king Sweyn Estridsson referred to both Gorm and his father as kings of (all of) Denmark, not just parts of the country.

Gorm was neither old nor unwise; when correctly interpreted, early sources point to him as being open-minded and pragmatic [citation needed] as far as Denmark's relationship with the Christian neighbors to the south was concerned, but earlier historians often confused him with his father who supposedly withstood the coming of Christianity for as long as he lived. However, the small runestone in Jelling can be interpreted as a claim that Gorm defended Denmark from Christianity, as he is somewhat vaguely defined as the protector of Denmark.

His skeleton is believed to have been found at the site of the first Christian church of Jelling. During the reign of Gorm, most Danes still worshipped the Norse gods, but during the reign of Gorm's son Harold Bluetooth, Denmark officially converted to Christianity. Harold supposedly moved the skeleton of his father from its original resting place into the church, but left the hill where Gorm had originally been interred as a memorial

The words "Gorm King" are almost like a headline but in larger writing than the rest of the inscriptions. "Kumler" is in the plural form and means remembrance so there must have been more than one runic-stone.
Most likely Thyra was buried with the runic-stone as a sort of tombstone, but unfortunately there is only little or no hope of finding her grave. If it was placed in the central area it is perhaps in the present graveyard, but many graves have - during the years - erased all traces of queen Thyra.
There has been a lot of speculation as to the original place of the small runic-stone. Maybe on one of the mounds or maybe at its present place. We know that in 1627 the stone was next to the church entrance - used as a seat, and that no later than 1639 it was returned to the present position.

It tells in Snorri Sturlasons "Norske Kongers Krønike" that King Gorm had two sons together with Tyri Dannebod whose names was Knud and Harald. Knud was handy and the youngest of the two and looked like his mother so he was called Knud dane ast (Knud the Danes delight and love).

Adelbrecht was king in England, and in his time Knud and Harald, the sons of Gorm of Denmark, came with a large fleet to England and conquered Northumbria, saying that it was their heir, and which their parents had owned. King Adelbrecht forth against them with a huge army and meet them north of Klyfland. There were many dead and wounded on both sides.
After some time Gorms sons went up to Skardeborg (Scarborough), which is saturated east of York and further on to York. When Knud and other Danes are swimming, the enemy uses bow and arrow and Knud is killed. When King Athelstan comes with a large army, the Danes sail back home. Then follows the story of how Thyra paints the houses black so that Gorm says that his son Knud is dead.

As per "Ulsterannalerne" a son of Ailche plundered in the years 921-927 at the south, west and north coast of Ireland. A note says that Ailche was also known under the name of Tamar or Gomo Old. If this is correct, Knud Dana ast has been Viking in Ireland.
Harald son of Gorm was killed in 986-987. He is old, but dies not from old age, so he is probably born about 915.
As per "The Angelsaxiske Krønike" the only attack on England between the year 924 and 942 is the two Olav´s fight against Athelstan in 937, which turns out to be the battle at Brunnanburh, where 5 young kings and 7 earls together with uncountable others are killed. Knud and Harald sons of Gorm are probably in England to help their relative Olaf Sigtryggsøn. It must have been in this campain Knud Dana-ast were killed, either during the battle or while swimming. Knud has a son, so he must have been about 10 years older than Harald.

Gorms sons are just in England at the time when Hedeby-empire is weakening . As the old Gorm is not able to lead the army, his commander Harde-Gunni must do so.
Knud Dana-ast has a son, his name is Harald, later called Gold-Harald. When Gold-Harald had grown up, he claimed from his uncle Harald Blåtand half of the kingdom as inhertance from his father. As per Tryggvasons saga, Harald Blåtand (Harald Bluetooth) answers him: No man had claimed from his father Gorm that he should be half king of Denmark, nor not from his fathers father Hordeknud or Sigurd Ormøye or Regner Lodbrok.
Gold-Harald was shortly after killed by deceit at the entrance to Limfjorden 976. Had Gold-Harald not been killed, he had surely inherited the kingdom after Harald Blåtand, because Harald Blåtand had no legitimate sons, only Slegfredsøn with a country daughter from the island of Fuen.: Svend(Tveskæg).

The Myth about Thyra Danebod

The historian Saxo and Svend Aggesen Write in the 1200-years about the clever, pretty and virtuous queen. She is said to be the one, who build Dannevirke, but that the historians have denied, as it has been proven that Dannevirke has been build a long time before. In stead it could have been an enlargement of the rampart.
The historians tell that the German emperor Otto The I courted Thyra, but she gave him no answer for a year, and in the meantime she had Dannevirke erected, so that emperor Otto was not able to conquer the country.
It was also told that Thyra was the christen, who has been a good example for her son Harald. It could easily be the explanation why he was kindly disposed toward the christen church and later was christened.
Thyra Danebod, the pride of Denmark, tanmarkar but, the mother to Denmark.
Names which symbolize that she was very much liked, and that she did her best for Denmark

The small runic-stone in Jelling shows the oldest words known from a Danish king. It is the first time in Denmark that the name of the country is used, but in Europe it has been known for at least 75 years. The geography-book of king Alfred the Great is the first place to mention the name Denmark. Alfred, who was king of Wessex 871-899, was a very culturally interested
king, and he produced a geographical description of northern Europe mentioning "dene mearc" as the Danish area. The annals of Reginos written around the year 900 in the monastery of Prum near Cologne mentions "Denimarca" in the year 884, so the name was well known when Gorm around the year 950 put it on the monument for his queen Thyra.
Gorm died in the winter of 958-59. When Thyra Danebod died we do not know, but she died before Gorm.
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On the small Jelling stone she is mentioned as "tanmarkar but The Pride of Denmark". We do not know where Thyra is buried, a guess could be that the gigantic stone ship is a monument for The Queen Thyra, and that she is buried at that place. The remains of Gorm were found in the grave chamber beneath Jelling Church. Gorm erected his stone "after Thyra". Then she must
have died before him, but probably not long before him, if they have been of the same age. He mentions himself as king on the small runic stone, so it must have been erected after Gorm became king about 934 and before 958, when Gorm died himself. Gorm has probably first been buried in the North Mound in Jelling, and after his son Harald Blåtand (Harald Bluetooth) had been christened about 969, Harald let build a wooden church in Jelling, and moved Gorms body to the church. When Gorm was found beneath the church in 1978 he was removed to
Nationalmuseet for further examinations. The examinations confirmed that Gorm was about 50 years old when he died. He had been 172 cm high, which was a considerable height at that time. He suffered from rheumatism in the lower part of the vertebral column.
In the year 2000 Gorm was reburied in Jelling Church.
Gorm was placed in an metal box and placed in a concrete chamber in front of the chorus in the church.

IN ancient times Denmark was not a kingdom, but a multitude of small provinces ruled over by warlike chiefs who called themselves kings. It was not until the ninth century that these little king-ships were combined into one kingdom, this being done by a famous chieftain, known by the Danes as Gorm den Gamle, or Gorm the Old. A great warrior he was, a viking of the vikings, and southern Europe felt his heavy hand. A famous story of barbarian life is that of Gorm, which well deserves to be told.

He was the son of a fierce pagan of Norway, Hardegon, who was of royal blood, being a grandson of the half-fabulous Ragnar Lodbrok. A prince with only his sword for kingdom, Hardegon looked around for a piece of land to be won by fighting, and fixed upon Lejre, in the fruitful Danish island of Sjölland, which was just then in a very inviting state for the soldier of fortune. Some time before it had fallen into the hands of a Swedish fortune-seeker named Olaf, who left it to his two sons. These in turn had just been driven out by Siegric, the rightful king, when Hardegon descended upon it and seized it for himself. Dying, he left it to his son Gorm.

It was a small kingdom that Gorm had fallen [43] heir to. A lord's estate we would call it to-day. But while small in size, it stood high in rank, for it was here that the great sacrifices to Odin, the chief Scandinavian deity, were held, and it was looked upon as one of the most sacred of spots. Hither at Yuletide came the devotees of Odin from all quarters to worship at his shrine, and offer gifts of gold and silver, precious stones and costly robes, to the twelve high priests of whom the king of Lejre was the chief. And every worshipper, whether rich or poor, was expected to bring a horse, a dog, or a cock, these animals being sacred to Odin and sacrificed in large numbers annually at his shrine. In the special nine-year services, people came in great numbers, and it is probable that on these occasions human sacrifices were made, captives taken in war or piratical excursions being saved for this purpose.

As one may see, the king of Lejre had excellent opportunity to acquire wealth, and young Gorm, being brave, clever, and ambitious, used his riches to increase his landed possessions. At least, the Danish historians tell us that he began by buying one bit of land, getting another by barter, seizing on one district, having another given him, and so on. But all this is guess-work, and all we actually know is that Gorm, the son of a poor though nobly-born sea-rover, before his death gained control of all Denmark, then much larger than the Denmark of to-day, and changed the small state with which he began into a powerful kingdom, bringing all the small kings under his sway.

[44] The ambitious chief did not content himself with this. Long before his kingdom was rounded and complete he had become known as one of the most daring and successful of the viking adventurers who in those days made all Europe their prey.

Early in his reign he made a plundering cruise along the shores of the Baltic and joined in a piratical invasion of Russia, penetrating far inward and pillaging as he went. We hear of him again in 882 as one of the chiefs of a daring band which made a conquering raid into Germany, intrenched itself on the river Maas, sallied forth on plundering excursions whose track was marked by ruined fields and burnt homesteads, villages and towns, and even assailed and took Aix-la-Chapelle, one of the chief cities of the empire of Charlemagne and the seat of his tomb. The reckless freebooters stalled their horses in the beautiful chapel in which the great emperor lay buried and stripped from his tomb its gilded and silvered railings and everything of value which the monks had not hidden.

The whole surrounding country was similarly ravaged and desolated by the ruthless heathens, monasteries were burned, monks were killed or captured, and the emperor, Charles the Fat, was boldly defied. When Charles brought against the plunderers an army large enough to devour them, he was afraid to strike a blow against them, and preferred to buy them off with a ransom of two thousand pounds of gold and silver, all he got in return being their promise to be baptized.

[45] Finding that they had a timid foe to deal with, the rapacious Norsemen asked for more, and when they finally took to their ships two hundred transports were needed to carry away their plunder. The cowardly Charles, indeed, was so wrought upon by fear of the pagan Danes that he even passed the incredible law that any one who killed a Norseman should have his eyes put out and in some cases should lose his life.

All this was sure to invite new invasions. A wave of joy passed through the north when the news spread of the poltroonery of the emperor and the vast spoil awaiting the daring hand. Back they came, demanding and receiving new ransom, and in 885 there began a great siege of Paris by forty thousand Danes.

King Gorm was one of the chiefs who took part in this, and when Henry of Neustria, whom the emperor had sent with an army against them, was routed and driven back, it was Gorm who pursued the fugitives into the town of Soissons, where many captives and a great booty were taken.

The dastard emperor again bought them off with money and freedom to ravage Burgundy, Paris being finally rescued by Count Eudes. In 891 they were so thoroughly beaten by King Arnulf, of Germany, that their great leaders fell on the field and only a remnant of the Norsemen escaped alive, the waters of the river Dyle running red with the blood of slain thousands.

Gorm was one of the chiefs who took part in [46] this disastrous battle of Louvaine and was one of the fortunate few who lived to return to their native land. Apparently it was not the last of his expeditions, his wife, Queen Thyra, taking care of the kingdom in his many long absences.

Thyra needed ability and resolution to fitly perform this duty, for those were restless and turbulent times, and the Germans made many incursions into Sleswick and Jutland and turned the borderlands on the Eyder into a desert. This grew so hard to bear that the wise queen devised a plan to prevent it. Gathering a great body of workmen from all parts of Denmark, she set them to building a wall of defense from forty-five to seventy-five feet high and eight miles long, crossing from water to water on the east and west. This great wall, since known as the Dannevirke, took three years to build. There were strong watch-towers at intervals and only one gate, and this was well protected by a wide and deep ditch, crossed by a bridge that could readily be removed.

For ages afterwards the Danes were grateful to Queen Thyra for this splendid wall of defense and sang her praises in their national hymns, while they told wonderful tales of her cleverness in ruling the land while her husband was far away. Fragments of Thyra's rampart still remain and its remains formed the groundwork of all the later border bulwarks of Denmark.

Queen Thyra, while a worshipper of the northern gods, showed much favor to the Christians and [47] caused some of her children to be signed with the cross. But King Gorm was a fierce pagan and treated his Christian subjects so cruelly that he gained the name of the "Church's worm," being regarded as one who was constantly gnawing at the supports of the Church. Henry I. the Fowler, the great German emperor of that age, angry at this treatment of the Christians, sent word to Gorm that it must cease, and when he found that no heed was paid to his words he marched a large army to the Eyder, giving Gorm to understand that he must mend his ways or his kingdom would be overrun.

Gorm evidently feared the loss of his dominion, for from that time on he allowed the Archbishop of Bremen to preach in his dominions and to rebuild the churches which had been destroyed, while he permitted his son Harald, who favored the Christians, to be signed with the cross. But he kept to the faith of his forefathers, as did his son Knud, known as "Dan-Ast," or the "Danes'-joy."

The ancient sagas tell us that there was little love between Knud and Harald; and that Gorm, fearing ill results from this, swore an oath that he would put to death any one who attempted to kill his first-born son, or who should even tell him that Knud had died.

While Harald remained at home and aided his mother, Knud was of his father's fierce spirit and for years attended him on his viking expeditions. On one of these he was drowned, or rather was killed while bathing, by an arrow shot from one [48] of his own ships. Gorm was absent at the time, and Thyra scarcely knew how the news could be told him without incurring the sworn penalty of death.

Finally she put herself and her attendants into deep mourning and hung the chief hall of the palace with the ashy-grey hangings used at the grave-feasts of Northmen of noble birth. Then, seating herself, she awaited Gorm's return. On entering the hall he was struck by these signs of mourning and by the silence and dejection of the queen, and broke out in an exclamation of dismay:

"My son, Knud, is dead!"

"Thou hast said it, and not I, King Gorm," was the queen's reply. The news of the death had thus been conveyed to him without any one incurring the sworn penalty. Soon after that—in 936—King Gorm died, and the throne of Denmark was left to his son Harald, a cruel and crafty man whom many of the people believed to have caused the murder of his brother

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Gorm den Gamle was born about 850 and died about 940. His father was Hardeknud, King of Denmark.

See Europ sch Stammtafeln Bund II tafel 70.

Gorm den gamle, d. omkr. 936, da. konge fra omkr. 860.
Av Skjoldungætten. Iflg. isl. tradition den første hersker over et samlet Danmark, men har neppe hatt makt utover Jylland. Nektet å la seg kristne. G. m. Tyra ; deres sønn var Harald Blåtann. ®6

Notes: Gorm
Gwyn Jones' "A History of the Vikings" (p 94), identifies him as the
father of Gunhild, and the son of Hardegon of Northmannia, son of Svein.
This ancestry is based upon the statements of Adam of Bremen, the
earliest and best authority, who quotes Gorm's great-great-grandson on
the matter.
Stuart's "Royalty For Commoners" (368:32), (369:39). says of him: King
of Denmark 883-941; King of East Anglia, 905-918; King of Seeland by
conquest; and by marriage, of Jutland, c880; opponent of Christianity.
Stuart gives his father as Harald Parcus (RIN 3419*) (?!).
The date of 958 for his death was derived from dendrochronological
analysis of his coffin. ®14

Danmarks første konge.

He was an old Danish king from about 860 to 940.

King of Denmark.

RESEARCH NOTES:
"the Old"; King of East Anglia (905-918). King of Denmark (860-936/883-941).
Founded Denmark. King of Jutland by marriage.
Hadde also tilnavnet "l*ge - den dvaske". Kan vaere identisk with Guthrum som
herjet in England, kjempet mot Alfred the Great and til slutt ble d*pt of ham.
Engelske kilder hevder at Guthrum died in England in 890, omtrent of
the tid da Gorm dukker opp in Denmark, also under tilnavnet "Gorm the
English".
See PAM. Hvis dette stemmer, ble Gorm omtrent 90 aar gammel, noe som also
kan gi en god grunn til at han ble kalt "the elder".
Gorm took the kingship after his father. He married Thyri, who was called
Denmark's Saviour, daughter of Klakk-Harald, who was king in Jutland. But when
Harald died, Gorm took all of Harald's realm under his rule too. King Gorm
went with his host over the whole of Jutland and abolished all the petty kings
as far south as the River Schlei, and thus seized much of Wendland, and he
fought great battles against the Saxons and became a mighty king. He had two
sons.

Gorm den gamle, eller Vurm, kung av Danmark cirka 910 till någon gång under 940-talet. Död 958 (tidpunkten är dendrokronologiskt fastställd efter brädorna i hans grav).

Snorre Sturlason kallar honom Gorm Hardeknudson. Möjligen var Gorm därför son till Knut I (Hardeknut).

Regerade från orten Jelling. Gift med Tyra Danebot. Omnämns på den lilla Jellingestenen;

”Kurm kunukr karthi kubl thussi aft Thurui kun sina Tanmarkar bot”

lyder translitteringen av texten på stenen som har fått två tolkningar, dels ”Kung Gorm gjorde detta kummel efter sin hustru Thyra, Danmarks beskyddare”, men också ”Kung Gorm, Danmarks beskyddare, gjorde detta kummel efter sin hustru Thyra”.

Om Gorm berättade den senare kung Sven Estridsen för Adam av Bremen att han var den ”som jag vill kalla en gruvlig orm och som var i hög grad fientligt inställd till alla kristna. Han planerade att fullständigt utrota kristendomen i Danmark, fördrev Guds präster från sitt område och lät också döda många under tortyr”.

Källa: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorm_den_gamle

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He was supposed to have been the first kin of all of Denmark.

King Gorm
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1 NAME the Old //
2 GIVN the Old
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KING OF DENMARK

Gorm was Denmark's first king. Han samlet riket på samme måte som Harald Hårfagre samlet Norge. Han ligger sammen med Tyra i en mektig gravhaug ved kongsgården Jællinge.

Kildene gir nesten ingen pålitelige opplysninger om Gorm. Selv navnet til hans far er ukjent, men overleveringen tyder på at det var Hardeknud. Man vet ikke når og på hvilken måte Gorm overtok riket eller når han giftet seg med sin berømte dronning Tyre Danmarksbod. Tradisjonen har konsentrert seg om henne, og Gorm trekkes frem kun i forhold til henne.

Gorm den Gamle
Dansk konge med sæde i Jelling. havde også tilnavnet" Løge", det vil sige "den dvaske".

Fra Wikipedia, den frie encyklopædi:'Gorm den Gamle Er i dag, navnet på Harald 3. Blåtands far. Men i kilderne hedder han alt muligt andet (Guttorm, Guthrum, Orm, Gorm Svends søn; kilde: Adam af Bremen, Gorm Englænder Saxo, Sno (betyder snog, orm) Roskilde Krøniken). Den ægte
Gorm den Gamle var nok Gorms sted-oldefar, konge i Øst-England. se Konger af East Anglia, da der også var en Gorm den yngre i East Anglia.
Sagaerne siger at Gorm var søn af Kong Harde-Knud, som var søn af Sigurt Snogøje og adopteret af kong Gorm den Gamle, men Adam af Bremen har navnet: Gorm Svend søn, så Gorm var nok kun barnebarn af Harde-Knud, det passer også tidsmæssigt li
dt bedre.

Gorm den Gamle nævnes første gang, som dansk konge 936, og kan tidligst være blevet dansk konge i 934, men han var først norsk konge og han døde 958/959 eller i år 965, hvis det kun var Tove, som blev begravet i Nordhøjen.

Gorm den Gamle var gift med Thyra (ifølge Jellingstenene hed hans kone Tove). Begge er gravsat i Jelling.

Parret blev måske først begravet i Nordhøjen i Jelling. Efterfølgende fik de så måske en kristen begravelse i kirken ved siden af højen, muligvis da deres søn Harald Blåtand blev kristen og rejste den store Jellingsten med indskriften:

"Harald konge bød gøre disse minder efter Gorm sin fader og Tove sin moder, den Harald som vandt sig hele Danmark og Norge og gjorde danerne kristne."

Kong Gorm rejste omkring 950 den lille Jellingsten med indskriften:

"Gorm konge gjorde kumler (minder) disse efter Tove sin kone Danmarks bod."
I 1978 fandt man skeletrester med mere under kirkegulvet. Desuden fandt man en mængde guldtråde, der havde været indvævet i en kongelig dragt. Gorms formodede knogler blev i en længere periode undersøgt og scannet på Nationalmuseet. Den 30.
august 2000 blev Gorms knogler ført tilbage til Jelling Kirke. De blev lagt i et metalskrin i et støbt betonkammer foran koret i kirken. På dækstenen står indskriften:

"Kong Gorm højsat 959 og siden gravlagt her."
Hvis det virkelig er Gorm kan man konstatere, at han var 40-50 år da han døde, og at han var ca. 172 cm høj - en ret høj mand dengang. Han var ikke kraftig bygget, men som det hedder i rapporten "i lighed med de fleste midaldrende danskere
til enhver tid, led han af slidgigt i den nederste del af rygsøjlen".
Gorm havde gigt. Det er stort set det eneste, man med nogenlunde sikkerhed ved om den konge, der betragtes som den egentlige stamfader til hele den danske kongeslægt, og som man via stamtavlerne - godt nok ad mange snørklede veje - kan føre
vor nuværende dronning tilbage til.

Den lille Jellingsten er en Runesten, som stå foran Jelling kirke.
Næsten ord ret oversat;
GORM KONGE GJORDE DØDEMINDER DISSE EFTER THORVI SIN KONE DANMARKS BOD

frit oversat til nudansk:
Kong Gorm lavde dette gravsted for sin kone Tove Danmarks pryd.
eller:
kurmr kunukr karthi kubl thusi aft thurui kunu sina tanmakar but
Gorm konge gjorde kumler disse efter Thyra kone sin danmarks bod
Stenen er nu placeret mellem de to høje nær Den store Jellingsten, men dens oprindelige plads kendes ikke. I 1600-tallet lå den ved kirkens dør.

He was supposed to have been the first kin of all of Denmark.

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Kung av Danmark 934-940. Född 860 i Jylland. Död 940 i Hedeby, Danska riket. Nyare forskning visar att Gorm dog vintern 958/959, och då var han en man på mellan 40 och 50 år. Källa: Hans Ole Matthiesen, museumsinspektör, Kongernes Jelling (UNESCO's verdensarvsmonument i Danmark). I början av 900-talet var Skåne ett eget kungarike med en egen kung av urgammal ätt. I Hedeby på Jylland regerade Gorm 'den gamle', men hans makt sträckte sig inte till öarna och än mindre till Skåne. Gorms son Harald 'Blåtand' blev erkänd som kung även på öarna och flyttade från Hedeby till Lejre på Själland. Men i Skåne blev hans bror Knut vald vid Tre Högar sedan den siste kungen av Kiars ätt dött barnlös. (Källa: Egen sammanställning från olika källor.) Runorna berättar i regel om okända män, vilkas död framstår som den mest betydelsefulla händelsen i deras liv. Detta gäller dock inte två stenar vid Jellinge på Jylland, vilka omnämner några av de historiskt mest betydelsefulla gestalterna i 900-talets Danmark och i få rader summerar deras livsverk. En av dem från år 935 förmäler: -'Kung Gorm gjorde detta minnesmärke åt Tyra, sin hustru Danmarks räddare.' - Det framgår inte säkert i den danska runtexten om 'Danmarks raddare' (tanmarka but) syftar på Gorm eller hans hustru. Gorm hade stor andel i Danmarks frigörelse från svenska och tyska inkräktare, men Tyra tycks med ännu större rätt bära epitetet. Enligt traditionen var det hon som lät rekrytera alla arbetsföra danska män för bygga Danevirke, ett befästningsverk mot söder tvärs över Jylland - det var hon som motstod den tyske kejsarens inviter att lämna sin make - det var hon som förutom sin skönhet ägde 'Nestors slughet, Odyssevs skarpsinne och Salomos visdom'. (Källa: Vikingen, Nordbok 1975)

Källa: http://www.artursson.se/0002/2809.htm

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