Gorm "The Old" Haroldsson 
Gorm "The Old" was born about 0840 in Denmark. Gorm "The Old"'s father was Harold Parcus and his mother was Ælgiva. His paternal grandparents were Gorm Enske and Sida; his maternal grandfather was I Æthelred. He was an only child. He died in 0931 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark. He was buried in Gormshoj, Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark.General Notes
Gorm, the Old, so called from the length of his reign. He married the beautiful Thyra Dannebod (Ornament of Denmark), daughter of Harold Klak. They had twin sons, Knud and Harold, rivals in glory. Knud was 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." "Thou sayest so, not I." answered the Queen; upon which the King sickened with grief and died in a good old age, in 941
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 0770 d.0830
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0830 d.0875
- b.~ 0885
- b.~ 0805
- b.~ 0800
- b.~ 0835
- b.~ 0810
- b.~ 0840 in Denmark d.0931 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0758 in Wessex, England d.~ 0802
- b.0769 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838/39 in Wessex, England
- b.0795 in Wessex, England
- b.0714 in Austrasia d.24 SEP 768 in St. Denis, France
- b.~ 0767 in Wessex, England d.0839
- b.~ 0720 in Laon, Aisne, France d.12 JUL 783
- b.< 0843 d.0872
- b.~ 0780 in Isle of Wright
- b.~ 0810
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They had four sons and a daughter, named Herfast, Knud "Dunaast", Harald II Blåtann, Val-Toke and Gunhild.
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Children
Harald II Blåtann Gormsson
Harald II Blåtann was born about 0910 in Blauzahn, Germany. He died in Jomsburg, Denmark.
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