Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK

Abt 840 - 936  (~ 96 years)

• Name	Gorm 'the Old' of Jutland KING OF DENMARK
  Born	Abt 840
  Gender	Male
  Died	936
  Buried	Jellinge, Denmark
  Person ID	I6511	adkinshorton
  Last Modified	2 Jan 2013

  
  

  Father	Horda-Knut Sigurdsson KING OF DENMARK,   d. 850
  Family ID	F25537	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thyri Klacksdottir OF JUTLAND,   b. Abt 880,   d. 935  (Age ~ 55 years)
  Children	+ 1. Harold II 'Bluetooth' Gormsson KING OF DENMARK,   b. Blauzahn, Germany ,   d. Jomsborg, Denmark   2. Knut "Danaast" Gormsson OF DENMARK,   d. Abt 940 + 3. Gunhild Gormsdatter of Denmark
  Family ID	F25534	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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.