(King) Gorm Del GAMMEL 
(King) Gorm was born in 0890 in DENMARK. (King) Gorm 's father was (King) Horda-Knut SIGURDSSON and his mother was Elgiva Of WESSEX?. His maternal grandfather was (King) Athelred I Of WESSEX. He was an only child. He died at the age of 51 in 0941 in DENMARK.General Notes
TITLE: Gorm ("the Old") Del Gammel, KING OF DENMARK
NOTE:
[Constance.-Walter.le.Blount.ancestors.ged]
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 Den mark 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.?? in DENMARK d.0895 in DENMARK?
- b.0890 in DENMARK d.0941 in DENMARK
- b.0760 in WESSEX (ENGLAND) d.0839 in WESSEX (ENGLAND)
- b.0800 in WESSEX d.13 Jan. 857/58
- b.0762 in WESSEX, ENGLAND d.0858 in ENGLAND
- b.0830 in WESSEX (ENGLAND) d.?? in WESSEX (ENGLAND)
- b.0866 in ?? d.??
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Details of (King) Gorm 's family with (Queen) Thura KLACKSDOTTIR
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