Haakon
Eriksson Family
King of Denmark
Falster Island, Denmark
Haakon Eriksson of Denmark
b. about 997
d. drowned 1030 Jul 29 Pentland Firth, Scotland
This area has some of the strongest tides
in the world.
m. Gunhild of the Wends after 1029
b. abt 1006 Kiev, Ukraine
d. abt 1063
her father: Burislaw, Prince of the Wends
her mother: Tyre Haraldsdatter of Denmark
his father: Erik
Håkonson, Jarl of Norway and England
his mother: Gytha/Gyda
Svendsdatter, (dau of Svend I "Fork Beard", King of Denmark,
Norway and England)
Children with Gunhild
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Bodil Haakonsdottir of Vejle
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b. about 1028
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d. about 1050
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m. Ulf (Ulv) Spanierfararen" Galicienfari",
Jarl of Denmark
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The family developed
is based on the the genealogy of the Foundation for
Medieval Genealogy.
Gunhild is named "kinswoman of King Cnut" in the
Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. She was expelled from England in 1045
and lived in Bruges before going to Denmark. [Foundation for
Medieval Genealogy - Denmark]
1030 - Haakon is only about 33 years old. He
was probably sailing with his crew through the strait off Orkney
Islands when his boat was caught in one of the very violet
waves. This strait of Pentland Firth is know for its 11 mph
tidal changes that create great challenges for present day
mariners. The Orkney Islands, according to present, DNA
studies confirm the settlement as having Viking roots whose Norse
name is
Orkneyjar.
The settlement on Orkney had been before 955 when
Gunhild returned there with some of her sons. [Foundation ...
Norway]
Bodil Haakonsdotteer and Ulf "Galicienfari"
only produced one child - Thorgaut
Ulfsen "Fagrskinna,
Thorgaut Ulfsen became the commander of the
household troops of Svend I
Estridsen, King of Denmark. Thorgaut
marries Thorgunna, daughter of Vagn Agesen and
wife Ingeborg Throkilsdater 1070.
Thrugot Ulfsen and Thorgunna had three children
Thorkil Thrugotsen "Svend Thorgunnasen"
Astrad
Thurgnasen - commander of Knud II
Bodil Thorgunnasdatter
(died in Jerusalem 1103) m. Erik "the Good"King
of Denmark (died on Cyprus)
[Family of Ulf - Foundation..]
See more photos here of
Roskilde.
Source:
Foundation for Medieval
Genealogy- Danish Kings
http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/DENMARK.htm
geni.com - records of
Anette Guldager Boye, 2017 -- St. Canute -
https://www.geni.com/people/Saint-Canute-Lavard-duke-of-Schleswig/6000000006997472376
Jones, Gwyn. A History
of the Vikings, Revised Ed. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford,
England. 1984
Medieval illustration -
http://www.medievalists.net/2016/12/tenth-century-collapse-west-francia-birth-christian-holy-war/
Roskilde History and
Genealogy, http://www.roskildehistorie.dk ß
Elroy's
Brief Jutland History || Elroy's
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Chart #148302
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