Sweyn I 'Forkbeard' Haraldsson KING OF DENMARK

Notes:

Swengen ruled as King of Denmark from 991 until his death at Gainsborough, England in 1014, when he was on one of his annual raiding expeditions to that county.

Sweyn married Sigrid 'the Haughty' Storrade OF SWEDEN about 994. Sigrid (daughter of Mieszko I OF POLAND and Dubrawka) was born in 967 in Sweden; died in 1014. [Group Sheet]

1. Canute II KING OF ENGLAND & DENMARK died in 1014.
2. Thyra OF DENMARK
3. Santslaue OF DENMARK
4. Estrith Svendsdatter OF DENMARK was born about 967 in Denmark; died after 9 May 1032; was buried in Roskilde, Denmark.
5. Gunhilda OF DENMARK was born in 970; and died.
6. Harald III OF DENMARK was born in 989; died in 1018.

Notes:

Harold II "Blaatand" (Bluetooth), King of Denmark, King of Norway founded the Jomsborg Viking colony and established Christianity in Denmark. He was surnamed "the Old" because of the length of his reign--58 years. He was the first Christian king of Denmark, 931-979.

Harold married Gunhilda OF SWEDEN. Gunhilda was born about 925; and died. [Group Sheet]

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]

Notes:

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