Gorm Del Gammel 
Gorm was born in 0870 in Denmark. Gorm's father was Harold Parcus and his mother is Elfgifu. His paternal grandparents are Gorm Enske and Sida; his maternal grandfather was I Aethelred and his maternal grandmother is Wulfthryth. He was an only child. He died at the age of 61 in 0931 in 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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- b.~ 0730 in Denmark d.0812
- b.0760 in Uppsala, Sweden d.0845 in Northumbria, England (see notes)
- b.~ 0735 in Denmark
- b.~ 0776 in Denmark d.0830
- b.~ 0736 in Norway
- b.0760 in Denmark
- b.~ 0738 in Norway
- b.~ 0820
- b.0758 in England
- b.~ 0784 in Warwick Castle, Warwickshire, England
- b.< 0846 d.0899
- b.~ 0830
- b.0870 in Denmark d.0931 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.0758 in Wessex, England d.0786
- b.0775 in Wessex, England d.4 FEB 838 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0762
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857 in Winchester Cathederal, England
- b.0755 in Toulouse d.0793
- b. in Wessex, England
- b.< 0724 in Austrasia and Francia
- b.~ 0843 d.23 APR 871
- b.0785
- b.0810 in The Isle Of Wight, Wessex, England d.0849
- b.~ 0850 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0827 in Wiltishire, England
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Gorm and Thyre Danebod were married in a religious ceremony about 0897 in Denmark. They had a son named Herfast.
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