Gorm The Old Of Jutland 
Gorm The Old Of was born about 0840.1 Gorm The Old Of's father was Horda-Knut Sigurdsson. His paternal grandfather was Sigurd "Snake In Eye" Ragnarsson. He was an only child. He died in 0936.1 General Notes
Name Suffix:<NSFX> King Of Denmark
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 Gorm the 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).
They had a son named Harold II.
Family Notes
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Children
Harold II Gormsson
Harold II was born about 0910 in Blauzhan Germanyt.1 He died in Jomsborg. He was buried in Roskilde, Sjaelland, Denmark.1
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