Denmark, *Thyra De Jutland

Birth Name Denmark, *Thyra De Jutland 1a
Also Known As Jutland, Thyra De 1b
Also Known As Denmark, Thyra Jutland 1c
Gramps ID I3288
Gender female
Age at Death unknown

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E6880]   Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway  
1d 1e
Death [E6881]   Danmark, Uppsala, Sweden  
1f 1g
Birth [E6882]   Ringerike, Buskerud, Norway  
1h
Death [E6883]   Danmark, Uppsala, Sweden  
1i

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Jutland, Harold [I3308]
         Denmark, *Thyra De Jutland [I3288]

Families

    Family of De Denmark, *Gorm and Denmark, *Thyra De Jutland [F1070]
Married Husband De Denmark, *Gorm [I3287] ( * + ... )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E20749]   Jelling, Vejle, Denmark  
1j 1k
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Normandy, *Harold VIII of [I3262]911

Narrative

THYRA, THE PRIDE OF DENMARK
Thyra was the consort of King Gorm the Old of Denmark. She is believed to have led an army against the Germans. Gorm and Thyra were the parents of King Harald Bluetooth. While Gorm the Old had disparaging nicknames, his wife Thyra was referred to as a woman of great prudence. Saxo wrote that Thyra was mainly responsible for building the Dannevirke on the southern border, but archeology has proven it much older. Gorm raised a memorial stone to Thyra at Jelling, which refers to her as tanmarka but, the 'Pride' or 'Ornament' of Denmark. Gorm and Thyra were buried under one of the two great mounds at Jelling and later moved to the first Christian church there. This was confirmed when a tomb containing their remains was excavated in 1978 under the east end of the present church. There are contradictory accounts of Thyra's parentage. Saxo holds she was the daughter of Æthelred, King of England[dubious - discuss] but Snorri says her father was a king or jarl of Jutland or Holstein called Harald Klak. Thyra predeceased Gorm. According to popular tradition, her daughter was captured by trolls and carried off to a kingdom in the far north beyond Halogaland and Biarmaland. Tradition also has it that before Thyra consented to marry Gorm, she insisted he build a new house and sleep in it for the first three nights of winter and give her an account of his dreams those nights. The dreams were told at the wedding banquet and as recorded, imitate the dreams Pharaoh had that were interpreted by Joseph in Genesis. Oxen came out of the sea (bountiful harvest) and birds (glory of the king to be born).

Pedigree

  1. Jutland, Harold [I3308]
    1. Denmark, *Thyra De Jutland
      1. De Denmark, *Gorm [I3287]
        1. Normandy, *Harold VIII of [I3262]

Ancestors

Source References

  1. Ancestry.com: Public Member Trees [S0075]
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        Record for Harold VIII Blaatland

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        Record for Gorm Del Denmark

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        Record for Thyra Jutland Denmark

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        Record for Harold VIII Blaatland

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        Record for Harold VIII Blaatland

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        Record for Gorm Del Denmark

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        Record for Gorm Del Denmark

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        Record for Gorm Del Denmark

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        Record for Thyra Jutland Denmark