Harold VII (or IV) Blaatand ' Bluetooth' Gormss 
Harold VII (or IV) Blaatand ' Bluetooth' was born about 0958. Harold VII (or IV) Blaatand ' Bluetooth''s father was Gorm 'The Old' Dem Gammel and his mother was Thyra Danebod. His paternal grandparents were Harald VI Hardiknut Parcus and Aelfgifu of Wessex; his maternal grandparents were Eduard I "The Elder" of England and Ecgwyn. He was an only child. He died in 0988. He was buried in at the church he founded in Roskilde.1 General Notes
He is best remembered for erecting a large runic stone at Jelling:
"Harald, king, bade these memorials to be made after Gorm, his father, and Thyra, his mother. The Harald who won the whole of Denmark and Norway, and turned the Danes to Christianity."
Harald may have had three wives or consorts: Thora, Gunhilde and Gyrid (the niece of the Swedish king Eric the Victorious).
Died from a wound received in battle against his son, Swein Forkbeard.
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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)
- d.0850
- d.0875
- b.~ 0820 d.0890
- b.~ 0858 d.0899
- b.~ 0830 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0880 d.BET 931 AND 956
- b.BET 775 AND 784 in Wessex, England d.AFT 19 NOV 838 in Wessex Kingdom, Saxony, England
- b.BET 790 AND 806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0788 in Wessex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 830 AND 840 d.23 APR 871 in Dies fighting the Danes at Merton
- b.~ 0785 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.0846
- b.~ 0860 d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 827 AND 832 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0958 d.0988
- b.BET 775 AND 784 in Wessex, England d.AFT 19 NOV 838 in Wessex Kingdom, Saxony, England
- b.BET 790 AND 806 in Wessex, England d.13 JAN 857/58 in Wessex, England
- b.~ 0788 in Wessex, England d.UNKNOWN
- b.BET 846 AND 849 in Wantage, Oxon d.28 OCT 901 in Hyde Abbey, England
- b.~ 0785 d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0810 in Wessex, England d.0846
- b.~ 0871 in Wessex, England d.17 JUL 924 in Farndon-On-Dee, Cheshire, England
- b.~ 0825 in Mercia, England d.0866
- b.BET 848 AND 852 in Mercia, England d.5 DEC 905 in St. Mary's Abbey, Winchester, Dorset, England
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- b.BET 822 AND 830 in Mercia, England d.UNKNOWN
- d.UNKNOWN
- b.~ 0884 d.0935
- b.~ 0880 d.UNKNOWN
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