Harde Sigurdsson Family
  
Jelling, Denmark


Harde Knud "Harthacanute" Sigurdsson
of Sjaella
(present day island of Zealland)
b. about 814 Hord, Jutland, Denmark
d. 884 Hord, Jutland, Denmark
buried: unknown

1m: unknown
b. unknown
d. unknown



his father: Sigurd (Ragnarsson)"Snake-in-eye" Danmark
his mother: Heluna E. Ellasdatter
Children with unknown - perhaps more than one wife or mistress
Gorm "den Gamle/the Old" Hardeknudsson aka Hardeknodsson *
King of Denmark c900-940
b. abt 835 Denmark@
d. 936-958 Jellinge, Vejle, Denmark
buried: Gormshoj, Jellinge

m. Thyra (Danebod) Klackdottir in 897 Jellinge, Denmark
  much of this is based on the documented lineage of the The Kings of Denmark website and wikitree.com
  *Danish Kings - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy

Gorm was described as an "abdurant heathen" by the Christian historian Adam Bede.


Gorm's small stone   Gorm side 2 jpg
The Small Stone at Jelling, Denmark about 950 AD

The inscription reads: “King Gorm made these runes in honour of his wife Thyra, the pride of Denmark”.

I have no other information on this family at this time.  The records for families of this age are based on the writing of Snorri or Adam Bede which may be more mythical than historical.  Firm birth and death dates are unreliable. 

The Foundation for Medieval Genealogy states:
 Adam of Bremen records that "Hardegon filius Suein" deprived "Sigerich" of the kingdom, but qualifies this by saying that it was uncertain how many kings reigned in Denmark during this period.  The passage is undated but immediately precedes the recording of an event in 915.  The Chronicon Roskildense records that "[Swen] huius filii Gorm et Hartha Knut" invaded Denmark, killed "rege Danorum Haldano cum filiis eius" and divided the kingdom between them.  This passage in the Chronicon Roskildense is confused but appears to refer to the same Hardeknud as Adam of Bremen, but making him the brother instead of father of Gorm. 
___________________
Adam of Bremen records that "Hardecnudth Wrm…crudelissimus" was ruler in Denmark, and that "Worm regem" was forced to sue for peace by Heinrich I King of Germany who captured "apud Sliaswich, quæ nunc Heidiba dicitur".  It is unclear from these passages whether both deal with the same individual "Hardeknud Gorm" or with two separate individuals "Hardeknud" and [his son] "Gorm".  Snorre names Gorm as father of Harald King of Denmark, and "King Hordaknut" as the latter's grandfather   [FMG - Danish Kings]

Source:

Chronicon Roskildense - Cathedral of Roskilde web site (in Danish) - http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/index.htm
FMG - Danish Kings - Foundation for Medieval Genealogy-
                 http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm#_Toc196361191FMG
Nationalmuseet, Jellingprojektet
Weaton, Henry. History of the Northmen: Or, Danes and Normans, from the earliest times to the Conquest of England by William of Normandy. John Murray, London, 1831
wikitree.com

Elroy's Brief Jutland History  || Elroy's Family Index || Ancestor Chart #23

Cheryl's Family Index | Ancestor Chart #1 | email to Cheryl Grubb



EC'S HOME Family HISTORYALBUMART INDEXMY TRAVEL button email - elroy@next1000.com

All information and photos included within these pages are here for the express purpose of personal genealogical research and may not be included or used for any commercial purpose or included in any commercial site without the express permission of Cheryl and Elroy Christenson. Copyright Elroy Christenson 1998-2017.

web pages created by Elroy Christenson- elroy@next1000.com - last updated 11/12/17