Gorm Gorm Del Gammel 
Gorm was born in 0890 in Denmark. Gorm's father was Harold Parcus and his mother was Elfgifu. His paternal grandparents were Gorm Enske and Sida; his maternal grandparents were Aethelred I Aethelred I/De Wessex and Wulfthryth. He was an only child. He died at the age of 51 in 0941 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.0750 in Lethra, Uppsala, Sweden d.0845 in Northumbria, England
- b.~ 0786 in Denmark d.0873 in Northumbria, England
- b.~ 0765 in Denmark d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0820 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0758 in England d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0784 in England d.UNKNOWN
- b.< 0846 d.0899
- b.~ 0830 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0890 in Denmark d.0941 in Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
- b.~ 0775 in Wessex, England d.19 Nov 0838 in Winchester Cathedral
- b.0806 in Wessex, England d.13 Jun 0858 in Winchester Cathederal, England
- b.~ 0788 in Wessex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0825 d.23 Apr 0871
- b.0785 d.UNKNOWN
- b.0810 in The Isle Of Wight, Wessex, England d.0876
- b.~ 0850 in Wessex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0827 in Wiltishire, England d.UNKNOWN
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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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